The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMy 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.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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London is a roost for every bird.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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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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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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