...have decided that the Empire shall not be destroyed, and, in my opinion, no Minister in this country will do his duty who neglects any opportunity of reconstructing...source of incalculable strength and happiness to this land. That is, clearly and definitely, the Imperial Preference branch of the Tariff Reform policy of...

...shall not be destroyed, and in my opinion no Minister in this country will do his duty, who neglects an opportunity of reconstructing as much as possible...source of incalculable strength and happiness to this land. Probably there was no part of the Conservative programme that more powerfully appealed to the...

...anti-imperial bias of Gladstone's Liberal Party. He urged his listeners to take pride in an empire "which may become the source of incalculable strength and happiness to this land." And he issued a stentorian challenge to his audience. Will [you], [he asked] be content to be...

...ignoring those moral and political considerations which make nations great ... no Minister in this country will do his duty who neglects any opportunity of reconstructing...which may become the source of incalculable strength ... to this land... When Disraeli formed his government in 1874 there was no imperial policy. Disraeli...

...have decided that the Empire shall not be destroyed; and in my opinion no Minister in this country will do his duty who neglects any opportunity of reconstructing as much as possible our Colonial Empire.* This was to be the temper of British colonial policy for many years to come. London, the metropolitan...

...'representative council' in London. The opportunity had been thrown away, but 'no minister in this country will do his duty who neglects any opportunity of reconstructing as much as possible our Colonial Empire'." The subject must have seemed especially topical in the summer of 1872as the newspapers reported HMStanley's...

...'representative council' in London. The opportunity had been thrown away, but 'no minister in this country will do his duty who neglects any opportunity of reconstructing as much as possible our Colonial Empire'.39 The subject must have seemed especially topical in the summer of 1872 as the newspapers...

...He could hardly have failed to be attracted by Disraeli's dictum, that 'no Minister in this country will do his duty who neglects any opportunity of reconstructing as much as possible our Colonial Empire'. We may reasonably suppose that the Crystal Palace speech helped to reconcile Carnarvon to the prospect...

...have decided that the Empire shall not be destroyed, and in my opinion no Minister in this country will do his duty who neglects any opportunity of reconstructing...source of incalculable strength and happiness to this land. Therefore, gentlemen, with respect to the second great object of the Tory party also — the...

...have decided that the Empire shall not be destroyed; and in my opinion no Minister in this country will do his duty who neglects any opportunity of reconstructing...source of incalculable strength and happiness to this land." Of Disraeli, Herbert Paul aptly said, 'For him {Disraeli} the supreme test of human affairs...