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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
British politician [more author details]

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The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.: Benjamin Disraeli
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.: Benjamin Disraeli
The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.: Benjamin Disraeli
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.: Benjamin Disraeli
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.: Benjamin Disraeli
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The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.: Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.: Benjamin Disraeli
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.: Benjamin Disraeli
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.: Benjamin Disraeli
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We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.: Benjamin Disraeli
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.: Benjamin Disraeli
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.: Benjamin Disraeli
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When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize.: Benjamin Disraeli
I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.: Benjamin Disraeli, campaign speech at High Wycombe, England, November 27, 1832
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At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.: Benjamin Disraeli, Letter to Mrs. Sarah Brydges Willyams, October 17, 1863
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A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.: Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons, Mar. 3, 1845
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Change is inevitable. In a progressive country change is constant.: Benjamin Disraeli, Speech, Edinburgh (1867)
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.: Benjamin Disraeli, speech, January 24, 1860
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To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.: Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, 1845
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