My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with...

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with...

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.

When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.

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...

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man

Life is too short to be small.

Life is too short to be small.

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

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

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

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...

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

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

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

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Responsive leaders prefer knowledge and information to be spread as widely as possible among the...

Responsive leaders prefer knowledge and information to be spread as widely as possible among the...