The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

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...

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

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

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...

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

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...

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

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...

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

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...

In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is...

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is...

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

His Christianity was muscular

His Christianity was muscular

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

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

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

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

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