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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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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We moralize among ruins.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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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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The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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