Benjamin Disraeli Quote

Mr Gladstone not only appeared but rushed into the debate…The new Members trembled and fluttered like small birds when a hawk is in the air.


letter to Queen Victoria, March 1875, after an election in which gladstone's party had lost office


Mr Gladstone not only appeared but rushed into the debate…The new Members trembled and fluttered like small birds when a hawk is in the air.

Mr Gladstone not only appeared but rushed into the debate…The new Members trembled and fluttered like small birds when a hawk is in the air.

Mr Gladstone not only appeared but rushed into the debate…The new Members trembled and fluttered like small birds when a hawk is in the air.

Mr Gladstone not only appeared but rushed into the debate…The new Members trembled and fluttered like small birds when a hawk is in the air.