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It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.

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Benjamin Disraeli
Age: 76 †
Born: 1804
Born: December 21
Died: 1881
Died: April 19
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Gentl, I am a party man. I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible. I look upon Parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly the one most suited to England.
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What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations.
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One event makes another. What we anticipate seldom occurs what we least expected generally happens and time can only prove which is most for our advantage.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up.
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Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist.
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Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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