And all this because they wish to destroy that ungrateful Christendom which owes to them even its name, and whose tyranny they can no longer endure.
Benjamin Disraeli: “And all this because they wish to destroy that ungrateful Christendom which owes to them even its name, and whose…”
Editor's note · Context
From his biography of Lord George Bentinck, this passage explains the motivation behind the Jewish people's alliances as a desire to destroy an ungrateful Christendom.
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