Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life. – Benjamin Disraeli
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. – Benjamin Disraeli
If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory. – Benjamin Disraeli
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day. – Benjamin Disraeli
Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy – the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health – should provide those funds. – Steven Rattner