Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

Benjamin Disraeli — British Statesman born on December 21, 1804, died on April 19, 1881

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, was a British Conservative politician and writer, who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He is, at 2015, the only British Prime Minister of Jewish birth... (wikipedia)

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.