Benjamin Disraeli
Statesman
1804-12-21 – 1881-04-19
Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman, novelist, and Conservative politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was a central figure in nineteenth-century British politics and imperial policy.
Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli
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Read no history--nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
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In politics, nothing is contemptible.
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I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.
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Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.
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When I want to read a novel, I write one.
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The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
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The secret to success is constancy of purpose.
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The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.
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Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.
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But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
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Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
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Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
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The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
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In politics, nothing is contemptible.
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There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.
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