Benjamin Disraeli

Individualities may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

I never made a mistake in my life; I thought I had once, but I was wrong.

The greatest successes are those that are achieved for the benefit of others.

The more you read, the more you know. The more you know, the smarter you grow.

Life is too short to be little.

The most successful nations are those which are most united.

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.

Power has its duties as well as its rights.

The future is not a gift, it is an achievement.

The great art of governing is to make two-thirds of a nation content, and one-third discontented.

I am a man who can be trusted, and I trust in the people.

The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.

It is not wealth that makes a nation, but the character of its people.

The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.