Benjamin Disraeli, 1. Earl of Beaconsfield , war ein konservativer britischer Staatsmann und erfolgreicher Romanschriftsteller. Zweimal, 1868 und von 1874 bis 1880, bekleidete er das Amt des britischen Premierministers. Wikipedia
„Nein, besser nicht. Sie wird mich nur bitten, Albert eine Nachricht zu bringen.“
Letzte Worte, 19. April 1881; er lehnte ein Angebot der Königin Viktoria ab, ihn zu besuchen; gemeint war Viktorias verstorbener Mann Albert von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha
Original engl.: "No, it is better not. She will only ask me to take a message to Albert." - Fred R. Shapiro: The Yale book of quotations, Yale University Press 2006, Seite 208, zitiert nach Robert Blake: Disraeli, 1966
Benjamin Disraeli buch Coningsby
Romanfigur Sidonia zu Romanfigur Coningsby, im Roman Coningsby oder die neue Generation, Ins Deutsche übertragen von August Kretzschmar, Verlags-Comptoir Grimma 1845,
Original: (en) So you see, my dear Coningsby, that the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
Quelle: Coningsby, Buch 4, Kapitel 15, 1844
„Es gibt drei Arten von Lügen: Lügen, verdammte Lügen und Statistiken.“
Diesen Ausspruch schreibt ihm fälschlich Mark Twain in seiner Autobiographie zu. Tatsächlich von Leonard Henry Courtney 1895. york.ac.uk http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/lies.htm <br class="br">Original engl.: "There are three kinds of lies - lies, damned lies, and statistics." <br class="br">Fälschlich zugeschrieben
“Religious education is demanded by the nation generally and by the instincts of human nature.”
Quelle: Speech to the Conservatives of Manchester (3 April 1872), quoted in Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, Volume II, ed. T. E. Kebbel (1882), p. 505
“Gentlemen, the programme of the Conservative party is to maintain the Constitution of the country.”
Quelle: Speech to the Conservatives of Manchester (3 April 1872), quoted in Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, Volume II, ed. T. E. Kebbel (1882), p. 491
Quelle: Speech in the House of Commons (22 January 1846), quoted in Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, Volume I, ed. T. E. Kebbel (1882), p. 110
“I believe the landed interest should be the basis of our political and social system.”
Quelle: Speech in Shrewsbury (9 May 1843), quoted in Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, Volume I, ed. T. E. Kebbel (1882), p. 55
Quelle: Speech in Shrewsbury (9 May 1843), quoted in Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, Volume I, ed. T. E. Kebbel (1882), p. 51
Quelle: Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1874/jul/02/motion-for-a-committee-adjourned-debate#column_963 in the House of Commons against Irish Home Rule (2 July 1874)
