He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIEvery production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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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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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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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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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 precedent embalms a principle.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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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.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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