But the fall of Spain was occasioned by the expulsion of her Semitic population: a million families of Jews and Saracens, the most distinguished of her citizens for their industry and their intelligence, their learning and their wealth.
In his biography of Lord George Bentinck, Disraeli argues that Spain's decline was caused by the expulsion of its Jewish and Saracen populations.
Share
More from Benjamin Disraeli
He always took large views and had no prejudices about things, whatever he might indulge in as to persons.
The doctrine embraces all space and time--nay, chaos and eternity; Divine persons are the agents, and the redemption of the whole family of man the result.
Nature had clothed this vehement spirit with a material form which was in perfect harmony with its noble and commanding character.
These outrages were never insurrectionary: they were not directed against existing authorities; they were stimulated by no public cause or clamour; it was the private individual who was attacked, and for a private reason.
Other voices in this conversation
