I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Great countries are those that produce great people.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

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...

A precedent embalms a principle.

A precedent embalms a principle.

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...

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Books are the curse of the human race.

Books are the curse of the human race.

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.

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

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

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

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

Life is too short to be little.

Life is too short to be little.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears...

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears...

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

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

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by...

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no...

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no...