view that Disraeli achieved little in his foreign policy regarding the Eastern Question beyond boosting his own reputation. The Eastern Question was a Disraeli’s foreign policy regarding the Eastern question is questionable and there is conflict amongst historians whether his foreign policy was successful or whether he simply passed aggressive and unnecessary policies in a vain pursuit of keeping the British Empire prevalent. The sources seem to all come to a consensus that Disraeli did boost
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the working class‚ including the Ballot Act of 1872. However‚ some historians‚ such as Monypenny and Buckle‚ say that Benjamin Disraeli‚ the Conservative Prime Minister‚ did more to help the working class‚ including passing the Second Great Reform Act of 1867. The issue of trade union reforms was heavily involved in both Prime Minister’s term of offices‚ to which Disraeli seemed to do more for‚ even though Gladstone provided the building blocks for the reforms. Gladstone was the first PM to recognise
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Compare these Sources as evidence for the views of Disraeli on extending the right to vote. [30] The two sources have similarities in content and context. Both extracts are taken from speeches made to Parliament by Disraeli and both discuss the matter of electoral reform. In his speech in 1865‚ Disraeli infers that he believes reform should only be introduced ‘if the opportunity was favourable’ and if it were a ‘necessity’. In addition‚ he stresses that only the ‘middle class electorate’ should
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Disraeli became Prime Minister. He was 70 years old‚in frail health and desolated by his wife’s death‚ but he made the most of his opportunity at the top—after a quarter-century rebuilding the Tory party. Disraeli pushed through Factory Acts in 1874 and 1878‚ increasing government regulation of business. Disraeli’s Trade Union Act essentially put labor union bosses above the law. With the Sale of Food and Drugs Act‚ Disraeli’s government assumed responsibility for the health of people. The Artisan’s
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“Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old age regret.” This quote is from Great Britain’s former prime minister‚ Benjamin Disraeli (Gillum). Disraeli served as prime minister for two terms (Gillum). His first from 1868 to 1874 and his second from 1874 to 1880 (Gillum). Disraeli was a successful politician and writer. Disraeli’s quote‚ “Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old age regret”‚ is an aphorism (“Aphorism”). By definition‚ an aphorism is a statement of truth or opinion expressed in
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Important Nineteenth Century Guys Charts Note: Legacies are gone into detail in the charts Tsar Alexander II Positives | Negatives | * Introduced emancipation edict‚ gave the right to peasants to own land‚ marry their own choice‚ bring suits to court. * Peasants were given their own land. * Zemstvos (local assemblies) were put in place by Alexander‚ they could levy taxes and took charge over matters of education‚ famine‚ public projects * Local and provincial courts were made. *
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Batman‚ Superman‚ and Spiderman are common examples of heroes. They pervade our modern culture from comic books‚ to television shows‚ to movies. However‚ heroes can certainly come in other facets of life besides literature. Benjamin Disraeli‚ a British Prime Minister‚ said of heroes that “The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” Perhaps throughout all of history there is no better example of this than Jesus Christ. He is the embodiment of steadfastness
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There are conflicting accounts of who first noted the phrase. According to Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations‚ it is attributable to William Ewart Gladstone‚ but such attribution was not verifiable.[1] Alternatively‚ it may be attributed to William Penn‚ although not in its current form. The idea expressed by the phrase can already be found in the Pirkei Avot 5:8‚ a section of the Mishnah (1st century BCE – 2nd century CE): "Our Rabbis taught: ...The sword comes into the world‚ because
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Kevi Fuseyamore May 29‚ 2013 Genna pd. 8 Benjamin Disraeli once said‚ "Circumstances are beyond the control of man; but his conduct is in his own power." This quote means that we can’t control our natural given situations‚ but we can control how we go about them. I agree with this quote because not only does it apply to literature‚ but it applies to real life as well. A Raisin In the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury and The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time by Mark Haddon both illustrate the
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“Little drops of Water‚ little grains of sand Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land‚ Little deeds of kindness‚ Little words of love Help to make earth happy Like the heaven above.” This poem of Julia A F Cabney in “Little Things” was quoted by the Supreme Court judges Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat while delivering their judgement on April 12 in the infamous Best Bakery riot case in Gujarat. Before I start I would like to highlight something about the origin of the quoted line
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