Finality is not the language of politics.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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Never take anything for granted.
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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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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Justice is truth in action.
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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Never complain and never explain.
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