I look upon the Whigs as an anti-national party... Believing that the policy of the party was such as must destroy the honour of the kingdom abroad and the happiness of the people at home, I considered it my duty to oppose the Whigs, to ensure their discomfiture, and, if possible, their destruction.
— Benjamin Disraeli Modern

British PM

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Expressing strong opposition to the Whig party

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Approx. 1830s-1840s

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Controversial

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