London owes everything to its press: it owes as much to its press as it does to its being the seat of government and the law.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

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A Conservative Government is an organised hypocrisy.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

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It is knowledge that influences and equalises the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

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My objection to Liberalism is this—that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind—namely, politics—of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

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Finality, Sir, is not the language of politics.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

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Though I sit down now, the time will come when you will hear me.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

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I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

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Silence is the mother of Truth.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

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Silence is the mother of Truth.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

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Free trade is not a principle; it is an expedient.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

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