Benjamin Disraeli Quotes about Hypocrisy

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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

Benjamin Disraeli

Government, Hypocrisy, Political

'Hansard' 17 March 1845, col. 1028. Bagehot, quoting Disraeli in 'The English Constitution' (1867) 'The House of Lords', elaborated on the theme with the words 'so much did the ideas of its "head" differ from the sensations of its "tail".'

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

Benjamin Disraeli

Practice, Hypocrisy, East

'Contarini Fleming' (1832) pt. 5, ch. 10

Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition, whether preaching, praying, speechifying or scribbling - never a gentleman.

Benjamin Disraeli

Justice, Hypocrisy, Envy

c.1874 Letter.