Benjamin Disraeli: “This was real statesmanship and touching the root of the evil.”

Born a natural leader of the people, he was equal to the post.

His courage and his constancy were never surpassed by man.

It is not at all difficult to conceive a mode of governing a country more expeditious than by a parliament; but where truth as well as strength is held to be an essential element of legislation, opinion must be secured an unrestricted…

Superfluity of debate may often be inconvenient to a minister, and sometimes perhaps even distasteful to the community; but criticizing such a security for justice and liberty as a free-spoken parliament is like quarrelling with the…