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1->''"A [[SelfMadeMan self-made man]], who worships his creator."''
2-->-- '''John Bright''' on Benjamin Disraeli ([[MemeticMutation originally]])
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4->''"Yes, I am a Jew -- and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentleman were brutal savages in [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} an unknown island]], mine were priests in the temple of Solomon."''
5-->-- '''Benjamin Disraeli''' in a bit of CulturalPosturing in an open letter in ''The Times'' in 1835, addressed to Daniel O'Connell[[note]]Similar sentiments are often attributed to his contemporary, the first Jewish U.S. Senator (later a member of the Confederate States Cabinet), Judah P. Benjamin[[/note]]. This is probably apocryphal though.
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7->''"You don't even know who I am!"''
8-->-- '''Benjamin Disraeli''' on his status in pop culture, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
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10->''"Life is too short to be small."''
11-->-- '''Benjamin Disraeli''', his answer to the Earl of Aberdeen about why he wrote novels as well as being a Member of Parliament.

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