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" Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People. "

Benjamin Disraeli

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" The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools. "

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" To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. "

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" Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. "

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" Never complain and never explain. "

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" We cannot learn men from books. "

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" My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. "

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

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" Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. "

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" King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner. "

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" 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. "

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" The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. "

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" A majority is always better than the best repartee. "

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" In politics nothing is contemptible. "

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" Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. "

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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. "

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" The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble. "

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" The secret of success is constancy to purpose. "

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" There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations. "

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" As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. "

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