I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDesperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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We moralize among ruins.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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