1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister
Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Christians and Christianity]


Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Circumstance]


Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Alliances]


Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Country]


Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Liberals]


Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Courage]


Critics are those who have failed in literature and art.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Critics and Criticism]


Damn your principals. Stick to your Party!
Benjamin Disraeli – [Unity]


Despair is the conclusion of fools.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Doubt]


Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Desperation]


Duty cannot exist without faith.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Duty]


Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Success]


Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Enthusiasm]


Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Royalty]


Everything comes if a man will only wait.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Cycles]


Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Fame]


Finality is not the language of politics.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Politicians and Politics]


Frank and explicit–that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Frankness]


Genius, when young, is divine.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Genius]


Great countries are those that produce great people.
Benjamin Disraeli – [Nations]

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