Quotes by Disraeli, Benjamin

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours. >>

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded. >>

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books ar >>

Quotations about Opposition

It is easy and dismally enervating to think of opposition as merely pe >>

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows >>

Wherever there is a parliament, there must of necessity be an oppositi >>

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.

Disraeli, Benjamin