Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by John Wilkes

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English journalist John Wilkes.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
John Wilkes

John Wilkes was a British radical journalist and politician, as well as a magistrate, essayist and soldier. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters—rather than the House of Commons—to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the St George's Fields Massacre. In 1771, he was instrumental in obliging the government to concede the right of printers to publish verbatim accounts of parliamentary debates. In 1776, he introduced the first bill for parliamentary reform in the British Parliament.

A people whose souls are so little tuned to joy. — © John Wilkes
A people whose souls are so little tuned to joy.
That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics.
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