Benjamin Disraeli

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. ”

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay. ”

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. ”

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. ”

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy. ”

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. ”

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor. ”

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. ”

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are. ”

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. ”