βI feel now that it is not prejudice, when I declare that England, with all her imperfections, is worth all the world together, and . . . when I feel that I love lakes and mountains better than courts and cities, and trees better than men.β
~ Benjamin Disraeli.
βIf Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that, I suppose, would be a calamity.β
~ Benjamin Disraeli.
#GladstoneBirthday
βNations have characters as well as individuals, and national character is precisely the quality which the new sect of statesmen in their schemes and speculations either deny or overlook.β
~ Benjamin Disraeli.
βIt does not follow, because the spirit of the age is perceived and recognised, it should be embraced and followed, or even that success in life depends upon adopting it.β
~ Benjamin Disraeli.
βYou have nothing to trust to but your own energy and the sublime instinct of an ancient people. You must act as if everything depended on your individual efforts.β
~ Benjamin Disraeli.
βAnd the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.β
~ Lk. 2:10-11. [KJV]
New York Sun | S.M. MacLean: Would Disraeli, with Nigel Farageβs Reform UK Rising, Support a Realignment of the British Right?
https://t.co/X7iMKsaZBb
(via @NewYorkSun & @OrganicTory)
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βI am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad.β
~ Benjamin Disraeli.
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