The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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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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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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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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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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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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Success is the child of audacity.
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Little things affect little minds.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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Justice is truth in action.
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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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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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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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