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...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth21 December 1804
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truth justice political
I say that justice is truth in action.
spiritual truth men
Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man.
truth learning history
Truth travels slowly, but it will reach even you in time.
art truth honesty
Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.
trust time truth
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
funny truth communication
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
funny witty truth
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
action justice truth
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
enemies permanent
We have no permanent friend. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests.
country determination appreciate
It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is—the determination to maintain the Empire of England.
wheels world rounds
The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.
book men political
We cannot learn men from books.
reading historical quality
If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite for the undertaking, - the world will be more astonished than when reading the Roman annals by Niebuhr.
dancing ballet carriages
Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life.