The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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Never complain and never explain.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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