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Whigs (British political party)
Overview
historic liberal political party in the United Kingdom (1678-1859)
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They were particularly obnoxious to him because of their republican spirit, and he regarded their ascendency as a constant menace to his kingly power. Fortune seemed to favor him in the dissensions which arose. There grew up two factions in the Whig party. There were old Whigs and new Whigs. George played one against the other, advanced his favorites when opportunity offered, and in the end succeeded in forming a…
Edmund Burke, Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America
Names Whigs several times; the author is tied to Whigs in the knowledge graph.
His first writings, which dealt exclusively with the money question belong to the time of the most violent controversy between the Bank of England, which had on its side the ministers and the war party, and its opponents about whom were centered the parliamentary opposition, the Whigs and the Peace party. They appeared as immediate forerunners of the famous Report of the Bullion Committee of 1810, in which Ricardo’s…
Karl Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
States what Whigs is; opens on Whigs.
All connections and dependencies among subjects were to be entirely dissolved. As hitherto business had gone through the hands of leaders of Whigs or Tories, men of talents to conciliate the people, and to engage their confidence, now the method was to be altered; and the lead was to be given to men of no sort of consideration or credit in the country. This want of natural importance was to be their very title to…
Edmund Burke, Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches
The author is tied to Whigs in the knowledge graph; names Whigs.
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