Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli with present

Benjamin Disraeli

English statesman and writer

Lived from: 1804 - 1881

Category: Politics | Writers (Contemporary) Country: United Kingdom

Born: 21 december 1804 Died: 19 april 1881

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• At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.

  Letter to Sarah Brydges Willyams (17 oktober 1863)

  ― Benjamin Disraeli
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• Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

  ― Benjamin Disraeli
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• The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.

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Subjects in these quotes:

• conservatism
• prescription
• unscrupulous
• governments
• everywhere
• societies

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