Finality, Sir, is not the language of politics.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Political theory Political progress Progress Politics

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Benjamin Disraeli

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Speeches of Benjamin Disraeli

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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National leader Politician

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Speech about the Representation of the People. House of Commons. 28 Feb. 1859, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

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I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.

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Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of the Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 3.

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A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

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Fisher Ames
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Ames, Fisher. Address in the House of Representatives. House of Representatives. 1795, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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