Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

London is a roost for every bird.

London is a roost for every bird.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence and its only...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence and its only...

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

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...

His Christianity was muscular

His Christianity was muscular

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it...

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

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

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

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

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...