Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of…

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be...

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be...

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...

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

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...

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical...

My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical...

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

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

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

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can...

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can...

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.