England Quote by Jonathan Swift Download Open image “Triumphant Tories, and desponding Whigs, Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs.” — Jonathan Swift ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare England Feuds Forget Politics Rain Triumphant Wigs
Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
There was a time when a certain type of Tory could have been relied on to swing from the chandeliers in defence of the… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The anti-European Tories were a fringe group - until they took over their whole party. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Now one was either Tory or Whig; it was either dependence or independence. — Caesar Rodney Copy Share Image
Left to their own devices, the Tories will squash the life out of what Brexit really represents in terms of the chance to shake… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
I think the Tories are doing - and are intent on doing - damage to things I hold dear. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I do not want to see, for any reason, the Tories resurgent in any way. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“He said, he knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged to change, or should not be… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I did not know that the planning for biological and chemical warfare was so widespread in England, and even in France before France fell.… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
'Downton Abbey' is my worst nightmare. I just hate that whole 'Upstairs Downstairs' thing, I think it's really lazy and it doesn't represent England,… — Tom Payne Copy Share Image
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
In the olden days in England, you could be hung for stealing a sheep or a loaf of bread. However, if a sheep stole… — Mike Harding Copy Share Image