Benjamin Disraeli quotes

“Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“London is a roost for every bird.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Damn your principles! Stick to your party.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Without tact you can learn nothing.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

“In politics nothing is contemptible.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Duty cannot exist without faith.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Great countries are those that produce great people.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Adventures are to the adventurous.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“As for our majority... one is enough.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Finality is not the language of politics.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

“London is a modern Babylon.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“There is no gambling like politics.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

“We moralize among ruins.”

— Benjamin Disraeli