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" A precedent embalms a principle. "
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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" To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder. "
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" What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens. "
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" It is easier to be critical than correct. "
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" Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit. "
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" I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? "
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Must
Am
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" Little things affect little minds. "
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Minds
Affect
" How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. "
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Than
How
" Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness. "
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Gladness
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" The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world. "
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England
Most
" Without tact you can learn nothing. "
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Education
Learn
You
" Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. "
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Because
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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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" An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children. "
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People
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