Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton Quotes
I do not object to [Prime Minister William Ewart] Gladstone's always having the ace of trumps up his sleeve, but only to his pretense that God put it there.
Henry Labouchere, 1798-1869, [Baron Taunton], British Colonial Secretary & President of the Board of Trade, Attributed
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A master of political dirty tricks, Tuck was then working for the Republicans against the election of William Clinton. The web site provided “dirt” and negative material about Clinton, much of which was exaggerated or untrue.
The Chinese government at the time was hostile to all religions and particularly so to the Tibetan Buddhists led by the Dali Lama from exile. Centuries before, 20 million Chinese were killed in one year of religious rioting by the Great Peace, religious and political terror movement-sometimes called the "Yellow Turbans”. The leader, claimed to be the Brother of Jesus Christ come to convert and reform China. See {38318} and {619520}. Chinese government leaders have been fearful of organized religious movements that were not under government control since.
Mrs. Lincoln was a compulsive shopper and spender. Her comment to a friend provides insight into the demands and mores of the presidency of the time.
This pope was convinced that the Masons were a great danger not only to the Catholic Church but to all existent states. He saw them as a conspiracy to control the world. In America there were many who also feared the Masons. This reached its zenith in the founding of the Anti-Masonic Party which elected Congressmen and local officials. Ironically, the Anti-Masonics were generally also anti-Catholic.
Indian politicians traditionally campaign in white cotton long shirts.
Accusing her of being a fellow traveler with Communist sympathies, Nixon called her "the Pink Lady" and said she was "pink right down to her underwear." See {627826} and {619498}. Douglas and her campaign thought the accusations were so absurd that at first they did not even bother to respond. Nixon repeated the them and stayed “on message” and by the time that Douglas, who had opposed communism all her life, was believed to be one or at least a “fellow traveler” by most Californians—and finally she responded with statements like this, but it was way too late to turn public perception around. She awarded Nixon the derogatory nickname “Tricky Dick” which the majority of the public used for him throughout his career--{600036}.
Cicely Isabel Fairfield
One of the reason’s that TR was so popular was that he was a very candid, clear and dynamic speaker who always said what he meant and meant what he said.
Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton, PC (15 August 1798 – 13 July 1869) was a prominent British Whig and Liberal Party politician of the mid-19th century.
