Quote#Homeland
The office of leader of the Conservative party in the H[ouse] of…
Quote byBenjamin Disraeli · 1804–1881
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Lord Stanley (26 December 1848), quoted in Benjamin Disraeli Letters, Volume Five 1848–1851, eds. M. G. Wiebe, J. B. Conacher, John Matthews and Mary S. Miller (1993), p. 118.
English (original)
The office of leader of the Conservative party in the H[ouse] of C[ommons], at the present day, is to uphold the aristocratic settlement of this country. That is the only question at stake, however manifold may be the forms wh[ich] it assumes in public discussion.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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