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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFrank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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Never take anything for granted.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Justice is truth in action.
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