A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Conservative Quotes, Government Quotes

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of...

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of...

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Justice is truth in action

Justice is truth in action

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...

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the...

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the...

There is moderation even in excess.

There is moderation even in excess.

As for our majority... one is enough.

As for our majority... one is enough.

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

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

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

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of...

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of...

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...