Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Dissimulation in Eastern politics implies a tendency to conceal true motives and intentions.
In this quote, Benjamin Disraeli highlights how politics in Eastern societies often involves dissimulation, which refers to the act of hiding one's true feelings, motives, or beliefs. This suggests a complex interplay of appearances and reality in political dealings, indicating that what is presented may not be genuine, but rather a façade to achieve certain agendas.
Themes
PoliticsDissimulationMotivesDeceptionEast
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a political debate to illustrate the deceptive practices in governance.
More from Benjamin Disraeli
All quotes βBut what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
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.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
Similar quotes
Today's average American is more apt to rebel against a tennis shoe not coming in the right color than against the slow erosion of our democratic freedom.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us.
Ronald ReaganRead
Jealousy, and local policy mix too much in all our public councils for the good government of the Union. In a words, the confederation appears to me to be little more than a shadow without the substance . . . .
George WashingtonRead
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government... The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
Calvin CoolidgeRead
I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless, robots who protect them and their property.
Assata ShakurRead
We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must come to us today as Black Leaders representing the welfare of Black people. We won't follow any leader today who comes on the basis of political party. Both parties (Democrat and Republican) are controlled by the same people who have abused our rights, and who have deceived us with false promises every time an election rolls around.
Malcolm XRead