Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRSwas a British politician and writer, who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and...
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Date of Birth21 December 1804
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sarcastic work teaching
Little things affect little minds.
sarcastic work ignorance
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!
order matter taste
Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.
class two people
I was told that the privileged and the people formed two nations.
attention purpose products
Success is a product of unremitting attention to purpose.
men sometimes gladness
Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
disappointment winning persistence
Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment.
perseverance two quality
Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd.
politics
In politics, nothing is contemptible.
trust spring exercise
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.
memorial-day memories hero
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
men experience great-men
Great men never require experience.
cabinets half ass
Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses.