A precedent embalms a principle.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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There is moderation even in excess.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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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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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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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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War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
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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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Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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