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    The Maintenance of Empire
    The Maintenance of Empire
    The Maintenance of Empire
    Audiobook6 minutes

    The Maintenance of Empire

    Written by Benjamin Disraeli

    Narrated by Peter Quest

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    British statesman Benjamin Disraeli delivered this commanding speech in 1872. His imperialistic ideals informed his Conservative political platform as he advocated for maintaining the British Empire. He asked his audience if they were content to be a “comfortable England,” or if they preferred the glory of remaining “a great country—an imperial country—a country where your sons, when they rise, rise to paramount positions, and obtain not merely the esteem of their countrymen, but command the respect of the world.” Read Disraeli’s stirring words for yourself to see how the British majority felt swayed by his talk of greatness.


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAudio Sommelier
    Release dateApr 27, 2018
    ISBN9781509492916
    The Maintenance of Empire
    Author

    Benjamin Disraeli

    Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman and politician who twice served as prime minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or “Tory democracy”. He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the British Empire, and used military action to expand it, both of which were popular among British voters. Disraeli was also a novelist, publishing works of fiction even as prime minister.

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