Famous quotes by Statesmans

"To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"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"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Change is inevitable. Change is constant"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Adventures are to the adventurous"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"If you're not very clever, you should be conciliatory"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Damn your principles! Stick to your party"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

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

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"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"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

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

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

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

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

"In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

"Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

"We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

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