There is no gambling like politics.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of...

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of...

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

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

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

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

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...

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

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

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

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

The devil is the author of confusion

The devil is the author of confusion

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

There is no gambling like politics.

There is no gambling like politics.

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

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

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

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

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...

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

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

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If...

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If...