He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.

—Benjamin Disraeli

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About Benjamin Disraeli

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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881), was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies...

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As for our majority… one is enough.

—Benjamin Disraeli

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

—Benjamin Disraeli

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We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

—Benjamin Disraeli

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from the force of character.

—Benjamin Disraeli

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

—Benjamin Disraeli

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The world is noisy and messy. You need to deal with the noise and uncertainty.

—Daphne Koller

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Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.

—Nicholas Sparks in Message In A Bottle

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I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

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It has become a common feeling, I believe, as we have watched our heroes falling over the years, that our own small stone of activism, which might not seem to measure up to the rugged boulders of heroism we have so admired, is a paltry offering toward the building of an edifice of hope. Many who believe this choose to withhold their offerings out of shame. This is the tragedy of the world. For we can do nothing substantial toward changing our course on the planet, a destructive one, without rousing ourselves, individual by individual, and bringing our small, imperfect stones to the pile.

—Alice Walker

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If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

—William Feather

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