Quotes from Benjamin

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

We cannot learn men from books.

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

The question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? I am on the side of the angels.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow, and wise is the counsel of those who love us.

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.

A man who is not a Liberal at sixteen has no heart; a man who is not a Conservative at sixty has no head.