"That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."

"An English revolution is at least a solemn sacrifice: a French revolution is an indecent massacre."

"I deny that a people can govern itself. Self-government is a contradiction in terms. Whatever form a government assumes, power must be exercised by a minority of numbers."

"I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude."

"His Christianity was muscular."