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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Principle is ever my motto, no expediency.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
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Information upon points of practical politics.
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The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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As for our majority... one is enough.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.