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Benjamin Disraeli

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Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) was a British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party. Also a successful novelist, Disraeli was known for his eloquent speeches and memorable turns of phrase.

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“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Courage

All Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

“Success is the child of audacity.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Success

“The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

History

“Assassination has never changed the history of the world.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

History

“Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Beauty

“There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable for in politics there is no honour.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Politics

“There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Time

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Failure

“That fatal drollery called a representative government.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Government

“Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Education

“Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great

“Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Change

“The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Success

“Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great

“There is no gambling like politics.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Politics

“Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Happiness

“A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Learning

“Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Power

“There is no education like adversity.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Education

“King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Great

“No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Government