Benjamin Disraeli quoted by Supreme Court of India in: SC quotes Shakespeare, Disraeli to lambast Goa government, the New Indian Express, 4 September 2013

It is the sacrosanct duty of the government to follow the law and the pronouncements of the court and not to take recourse to such subterfuges. The government should have reminded itself of the saying of Benjamin Disraeli: 'I repeat - that all power is a trust - that we are accountable for its exercise - that, from the people and for the people, all springs, and all must exist.

— Benjamin Disraeli on Sacrosanct

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It is the sacrosanct duty of the government to follow the law and the pronouncements of the court and not to take recourse to such subterfuges. The government should have reminded itself of the saying of Benjamin Disraeli: 'I repeat - that all power is a trust - that we are accountable for its exercise - that, from the people and for the people, all springs, and all must exist." in the context of "Benjamin Disraeli quoted by Supreme Court of India in: SC quotes Shakespeare, Disraeli to lambast Goa government, the New Indian Express, 4 September 2013" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Benjamin Disraeli

About Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British politician, novelist, and essayist, serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The anniversary of his death on 19 April is known as Primrose Day.