The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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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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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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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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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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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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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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