I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, …

Benjamin Disraeli
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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. ✨ Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1920). The wisdom of Disraeli: or, A great policy for a great party
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