It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be ob-tained or retained.
Benjamin DisraeliI was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed Two Nations, governed by different laws, influenced by different manners, with no thoughts or sympathies in common; with an innate inability of mutual comprehension.
Benjamin DisraeliIn the hands of a genius, engineering turns to magic, philosophy becomes poetry, and science pure imagination.
Benjamin DisraeliAn insular country, subject to fogs, and with a powerful middle class, requires grave statesmen.
Benjamin Disraeli