696 Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

All is race – there is no other truth.

The question is this – Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence these new fanged theories.

The very phrase ‘foreign affairs’ makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

A man’s fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.

Justice is truth in action.

Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses – half the cabinet are not asses.

The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man’s desires.

England is unrivalled for two things – sport and politics.