Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINo Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
-
-
Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
Without tact you can learn nothing.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
A majority is always better than the best repartee.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI -
No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI