The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.


Wit and Wisdom (ed. 1881)

Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.