Benjamin Disraeli: “Let us endeavour to penetrate this social anomaly that has harassed and perplexed centuries.”

No series of parliamentary labours had ever produced so much influence in the country in so short a time.

But it was not that he merely expressed opinions upon these subjects; he came forward with details in support of his principles and policy, which it had before been believed none but a minister could command.

In these days of labour, the leader of a party must be the man who does the work, and that work cannot now be accomplished without the devotion of a life.

Whenever a great question arose, the people out of doors went to Lord George Bentinck, and when the discussion commenced, he was always found to be the man armed with the authority of knowledge.