Devil Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Devil Firsts Politics Said
Now one was either Tory or Whig; it was either dependence or independence. — Caesar Rodney 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
The same political parties which now agitiate the US have existed through all time. And in fact the terms of whig and tory belong… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In former days, when there were Whigs instead of Liberals, it was almost a rule of political life that all leading Whigs sould be… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The parties of Whig and Tory are those of nature. They exist in all countries, whether called by these names or by those of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The division into whig and tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Most American ideas were a part of the great tradition of the eighteenth-century common-wealthmen, the radical Whig ideology that arose from a series of… — Robert Middlekauff Copy Share Image
We should not care much whether those thus united (against slavery) were designated 'Whig,' 'Free Democrat' or something else; though we think some simple… — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too. — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
“Mankind were intended to be happy... that government being only the means of securing freedom and happiness to the people, whenever it deviates from… — James Iredell Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The devil has been defeated, stop trying to defeat him. What we have left is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight! — Chris Oyakhilome Copy Share Image
You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Remember that Abraham Lincoln was a Whig far longer than he was a Republican. As a whole, the Whigs looked upon banks and corporations… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
This is the gift of your species and this is the danger, because you do not choose to control your imaginings. You imagine wonderful… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials. — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”—Charles Baudelaire “The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
