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Benjamin Disraeli: [to the House of Commons] By all means support this policy; by all means rally round the Prime Minister; by all means follow cheerfully and unquestioningly his leadership. All of you... who are as anxious as he to see England reduced to the standing of a third-rate power!
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By all means support this policy
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By all means rally round the Prime Minister
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By all means follow cheerfully
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and unquestioningly his leadership
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All of you
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Who are as anxious as he
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to see England reduced to the standing of a third rate power
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Movie Summary
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.