1 | ->''"A [[SelfMadeMan self-made man]], who worships his creator."'' |
2 | -->-- '''John Bright''' on Benjamin Disraeli ([[MemeticMutation originally]]) |
3 | |
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. |
6 | |
7 | ->''"You don't even know who I am!"'' |
8 | -->-- '''Benjamin Disraeli''' on his status in pop culture, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' |
9 | |
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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