Tory quotes
Wehave beenthe dreamers.We have beenthesufferers. Now wearethebuilders.We wantthe complete political extinction of theTory Partyöand 25 years of Labour Government, for we cannot do in five years what requires to be done.
No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep and burning hatred for theTory Party that inflicted those experiences on me. So far as I am concerned, theyare lower than vermin.
We are now, as we have always been, decidedly and conscientiouslyattached to what is called theTory, and which might with more propriety be called the Conservative party.
I am neither a Whig nor aTory. My politics are described in one word, and that word is England.
A wiseToryand a wise Whig, I believe, will agree. Their principles are the same, though their modes of thinking are different.
IwasbornaTory, amaTory, and shall dieaTory.Inever yet heard that it was any part of the faith of aTory to take the institutions and liberties, the laws and customs that his country has evolved over the centuries, and mergethem with those of eight other nations into a new-made artificial stateöand what is more, to do so without the willing approbation and consent of the nation.
Come, gie's a sang, Montgomery cry'd, And lay your disputes a'aside; What signifies't for folks to chide For what's been done before them? Let Whig and Torya'agree, Whig and Tory,Whig and Tory, Whig and Tory a'agree To drop their whigmigmorum; Let Whig and Torya'agree To spend this night wi'mirth and glee, And cheerfu'sing, alang wi'me, The Reel o' Tullochgorum.
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