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The divine right of kings may have been a plea for feeble tyrants, but the divine right of government is the keystone of human progress, and without it governments sink into police, and a nation is degraded into a mob.

Benjamin Disraeli
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I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!

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Novelty is an essential attribute of the beautiful.

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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

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The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

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Lady Lytton rules her husband, but that I suppose is always the case where marriages are what is called 'happy'.

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There is no gambling like politics.

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A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

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Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.

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I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me.

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