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“Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honors or of wealth.”

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Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli was a prominent British politician who served as the Leader of the House of Commons. Born on December 21, 1804, in London, he passed away on April 19, 1881. Disraeli was known for his political acumen, oratory skills, and literary achievements. more

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“A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.”

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Book:Selected speeches, ed. by T.E. Kebbel

Source: Selected speeches, ed. by T.E. Kebbel

“There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.”

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Book:1876 to 1881

Source: 1876 to 1881

“Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical.”

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Book:Church policy: a speech delivered by the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P. at a meeting of the Oxford Diocesan Society for the Augmentation of Small Livings, in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, Nov. 25, 1864, etc

Source: Church policy: a speech delivered by the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P. at a meeting of the Oxford Diocesan Society for the Augmentation of Small Livings, in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, Nov. 25, 1864, etc

“There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

“Every moment is travel - if understood.”

Ifs Moments Travel Understood

Book:Coningsby, Or, The New Generation

Source: Coningsby, Or, The New Generation

“I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!”

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed Two Nations, governed by different laws, influenced by different manners, with no thoughts or sympathies in common; with an innate inability of mutual comprehension.”

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Book:Sybil, Or, The Two Nations

Source: Sybil, Or, The Two Nations

“I spent 34 months on the battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I was a gun captain. First we went to Russia for about 11 months with the British convoys. Then we were up in Norway and Scandinavia.”

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Author:Bob Feller

“You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at the scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.”

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Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have criticised every profession and vexed every trade. No one is certain of his property, and nobody knows what duties he may have to perform to-morrow. This is the policy of confiscation as compared with that of concurrent endowment.”

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Book:Selected speeches, ed. by T.E. Kebbel

Source: Selected speeches, ed. by T.E. Kebbel