Conservatism discards Presc... by Benjamin Disraeli, a British Statesman

Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

“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.”

38% of people like this quote

Benjamin Disraeli

Author details

Name: Benjamin Disraeli

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Dec 21, 1804

Date of Death: Apr 19, 1881

Profession: Statesman

Alexander Mackenzie Benito Juarez Olusegun Obasanjo

Other Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Benjamin Disraeli

92% of people like this quote

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Benjamin Disraeli

89% of people like this quote

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

Benjamin Disraeli

78% of people like this quote

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.

Benjamin Disraeli

61% of people like this quote

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

Benjamin Disraeli

61% of people like this quote

View all Benjamin Disraeli quotes