87 quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

“Justice is truth in action.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Travel teaches toleration.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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

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“That fatal drollery called a representative government.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“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.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Great countries are those that produce great people.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“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

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

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

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“The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Assassination has never changed the history of the world.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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

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

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“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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