Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a...

The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a...

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

Ignorance never settle a question.

Ignorance never settle a question.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches,...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches,...

Travel teaches toleration.

Travel teaches toleration.

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

Never take anything for granted.

Never take anything for granted.

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.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest...

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest...

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who...

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who...