Whig Quotes

12 quotes by 9 authors

The Whig interpretation of history ... is the tendency in many historians to write on the side of Protestants and Whigs, to praise revolutions provided… — Herbert Butterfield
The division into whig and tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety… — Thomas Jefferson
The parties of Whig and Tory are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names or by those of Aristocrats… — Thomas Jefferson
There is no other Parliament like the English. For the ordinary man, elected to any senate, from Perisa to Peru, they may be a certain… — Josiah Wedgwood
We should not care much whether those thus united (against slavery) were designated 'Whig,' 'Free Democrat' or something else; though we think some simple name… — Horace Greeley
The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. The healthy, strong and bold cherishes them, and is formed a… — Thomas Jefferson
The same political parties which now agitiate the US have existed through all time. And in fact the terms of whig and tory belong to… — Thomas Jefferson
A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer - that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare not be a… — William Hazlitt
'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.' — Benjamin Disraeli
Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a century, and you… — Frederick Pollock
Now one was either Tory or Whig; it was either dependence or independence. — Caesar Rodney
I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~ — Samuel Johnson

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