696 Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation.

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

The gondola of London [a hansom].

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies ; but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want to borrow his money; while, among the less favored with fortune's gifts, the sincere friend is generally esteemed to be the individual who is ready to lend it.

An insular country, subject to fogs, and with a powerful middle class, requires grave statesmen.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes