Disraeli, Benjamin

1. An English political leader of the nineteenth century. He led the Conservative party of Britain ( Tories ) in the 1860s and 1870s and was prime minister twice. He was a political opponent of William Gladstone . Disraeli strongly supported the extension of British colonies and had Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India .

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The 19th-Century British politician Benjamin Disraeli once said, “A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.”

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Benjamin Disraeli said that a parliamentary majority was better than the best repartee.

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From befriending Queen Victoria to appearing on Family Guy, British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is a modern icon.

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Benjamin Disraeli was right when he said he was on the side of the angels.

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I will lay the iniquities of this Russian system of rascality before Benjamin Disraeli.

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Benjamin Disraeli had done nothing as yet to redeem the apparently hopeless failure of his maiden speech in 1837.

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There was no taint of mixed blood in the veins of Benjamin Disraeli.

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Amongst the most doleful prophets and lugubrious friends of agriculture was Benjamin Disraeli.

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