Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He is the only British Prime Minister of Jewish birth.

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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

He was distinguished for ignorance, for he had only one idea and that was wrong.

London is a roost for every bird.

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

There is no gambling like politics.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

Genius when young is divine.

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world, it is more it is the history of earth and of heaven.

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

Conservatism discards Prescription shrinks from Principle disavows Progress, having rejected all respect for antiquity it offers no redress for the present and makes no preparation for the future.

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