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Political theory2 quotes
Finality, Sir, is not the language of politics. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1859I 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. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1826Progress2 quotes
The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1831Finality, Sir, is not the language of politics. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1859Change1 quote
In a progressive country change is constant; and the great question is, not whether you should resist change which is inevitable, but whether that change should be carried out in deference to the manners, the customs, the laws, the traditions of the people, or in deference to abstract principles and arbitrary and general doctrines. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1867Christianity and Judaism1 quote
Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing. Christianity is incomprehensible without Judaism, as Judaism is incomplete without Christianity. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1845Citizen and state1 quote
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. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1826Cosmopolitanism1 quote
Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1877Criticism of one's country1 quote
Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1877Debt1 quote
Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1837Disenchanted world1 quote
The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1831Effects of time1 quote
Time is the great physician. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1837Europe1 quote
The Continent will not suffer England to be the workshop of the world. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1838Happiness1 quote
Action may not always be happiness, but there is no happiness without action. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1870Healing1 quote
Time is the great physician. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1837Ignorance1 quote
To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1845Industrial Revolution1 quote
The Continent will not suffer England to be the workshop of the world. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1838Justice1 quote
Justice is truth in action. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1851London1 quote
London is a modern Babylon. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1847Man and animals1 quote
Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1864Nature of change1 quote
In a progressive country change is constant; and the great question is, not whether you should resist change which is inevitable, but whether that change should be carried out in deference to the manners, the customs, the laws, the traditions of the people, or in deference to abstract principles and arbitrary and general doctrines. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1867Nature of life1 quote
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1837Nature of man1 quote
Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1864Persistence1 quote
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1872Political leadership1 quote
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. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1826Political power1 quote
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. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1826Political progress1 quote
Finality, Sir, is not the language of politics. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1859Politics1 quote
Finality, Sir, is not the language of politics. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1859Purpose of the university1 quote
A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1873Rich vs. poor1 quote
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; who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws... The rich and the poor. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1845Role of government1 quote
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. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1826Singlemindedness1 quote
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1872