Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with...

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with...

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Success is the child of audacity.

Success is the child of audacity.

Silence is the mother of truth.

Silence is the mother of truth.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings...

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings...

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Life is too short to be little.

Life is too short to be little.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

Duty cannot exist without faith.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

Great countries are those that produce great people.