Last resort Quote by 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…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The right-wing Tories and the conservative Whigs fought Napoleon as the Usurper and the Enemy of the Established Order; the liberal Tories and the…

— J. Christopher Herold

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

I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.

— Benjamin Disraeli

A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer - that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare not be…

— William Hazlitt

“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

A Tory..., since the revolution, may be defined in a few words, to be a lover of monarchy, though without abandoning liberty; anda partizan…

— David Hume

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

— Benjamin Disraeli

Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the higher classes of society.

— Thomas Jefferson

“In general, the country is wise, but the political parties are not. It is these, and only these, that we have to fear. It…

— Adolphe Thiers

“the true measure of a society’s freedom is how it treats its dissidents and other marginalized groups, not how it treats good loyalists.”

— Glenn Greenwald

“When it comes to revolutionaries, trust only the sad ones. The enthusiastic ones are the oppressors of tomorrow.”

— William T. Vollmann