• I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.

    Benjamin Disraeli: I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.
    Benjamin Disraeli (1844). “Coningsby: Or, The New Generation”, p.157, London : H. Colburn