“We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
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Famous Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
“The English nation is never so great as in adversity.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches
“A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law.”
Source: Lothair
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches
“I was told that the privileged and the people formed two nations.”
Source: Vivian Grey
“Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
Source: Selected speeches, ed. by T.E. Kebbel
Source: Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales
“A nation has a fixed quantity of invention, and it will make itself felt.”
Source: The works of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield: embracing novels, romances, plays, poems, biography, short stories and great speeches