696 Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men.

A man’s fate is his own temper.

If you’re not very clever you should be conciliatory.

Having the courage to live within one’s means is respectability.

To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Silence often expresses ’more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.

Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.

Man is created for a purpose; the object of his existence is to perfect himself. Man is imperfect by nature, because if nature had made him perfect he would have had no wants; and it is only by supplying his wants that utility can be developed. The development of utility is therefore the object of our being, and the attainment of this great end the cause of our existence.