No man will treat with indifference the principle of race. It is the key to history, and why history is often so confused is that it has been written by men who are ignorant of this principle and all the knowledge it involves — [a shared] Language and/or religion do not make a race — there is only one thing that makes a race … and that thing is blood.

– Benjamin Disraeli (b. 21 December 1804 to ‘Jewish’ parents): 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1876); served two terms as British Prime Minister (27 February 1868 – 1 December 1868, and then 20 February 1874 – 21 April 1880).