I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it.
Benjamin DisraeliConservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.
Benjamin DisraeliWhat Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to the beautiful. Instead of the city of the Violet Crown, a Lancashire village has expanded into a mighty region of factories and warehouses. Yet, rightly understood, Manchester is as great a human exploit; as Athens.
Benjamin Disraeli