Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhen a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
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The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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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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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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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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We moralize among ruins.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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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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Never take anything for granted.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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