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principle of governing, whereas
Whigs advocated the rule of law,
written and unchanging constitutions, and protections for minority interests against majority
tyranny.
In today's discourse in American politics, the Whig Party is
often cited as an example of a
political party that lost its followers and its reason for being, as by
the expression "going the way of
the Whigs," (Donald Critchlow in
his book, The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made
Political History).

Imperial Presidency
The Whig Party, in the United
States, was for most of its history
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