I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.
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About Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli was prime minister of the united kingdom (1868; 1874–1880). Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power