Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Power Quotes

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot...

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot...

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...

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to...

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to...

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

Ignorance never settle a question.

Ignorance never settle a question.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the...

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the...

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated...

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated...

There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics.

There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

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

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

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat...

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat...