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Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

English statesman and writer

Lived from: 1804 - 1881

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

Born: 21 december 1804 Died: 19 april 1881

  • A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify himself.

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  • 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.
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  • Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
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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)
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  • No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.
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  • The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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  • When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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  • The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.
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What are the most famous quotes from Benjamin Disraeli?

The two most famous quotes from Benjamin Disraeli are:

  • "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."
  • "Assassination has never changed the history of the world."

When did Benjamin Disraeli live?

Benjamin Disraeli was born in 1804 and died in the year 1881.