Benjamin Disraeli Quotes on Identity
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Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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For what is the Tory party unless it represents national feeling? If it does not represent national feeling, Toryism is nothing. It does depend upon hereditary coteries of exclusive nobles. It does not attempt power by attracting to itself the spurious force which may accidentally arise from advocating cosmopolitan principles or talking cosmopolitan jargon. The Tory party is nothing unless it represent and uphold the institutions of the country.
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We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.
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Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
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Great countries are those that produce great people.