Political Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.

— Benjamin Disraeli

We make our fortunes and we call them fate.

— Benjamin Disraeli

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for…

— Benjamin Disraeli

It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of…

— Benjamin Disraeli

I was told that the privileged and the people formed two nations.

— Benjamin Disraeli

The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .

— Benjamin Disraeli

Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Why, I say, that to tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection; it is plunder, and I entirely disclaim…

— Benjamin Disraeli