He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust. — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
Persecution always says, 'I know the consequences of your opinion better than you know them yourselves.' But the language of toleration was always amicable, liberal, and just: it confessed its doubts, and acknowledged its ignorance ... Persecution had always reasoned from cause to effect, from opinion to action, [that such an opinion would invariably lead to but one action], which… — Charles James Fox Copy Share
Opinions become dangerous to a state only when persecution makes it necessary for the people to communicate their ideas under the bond of secrecy. — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
The question now was...whether that beautiful fabric [the English constitution]...was to be maintained in that freedom...for which blood had been spilt; or whether we… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
What acquaintance have the people at large with the arena of political rectitude, with the connections of kingdoms, the resources of national strength, the… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
There is a spirit of resistance implanted by the Deity in the breast of man, proportioned to the size of the wrongs he is… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind. — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
Bonaparte's wish is Peace, nay that he is afraid of war to the last degree. — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
Any thing that proves that it is not in the power of Kings and Princes by their great armies to have every thing their… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
Toleration in religion was one of the great rights of man, and a man ought never to be deprived of what was his natural… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
Peace is the wish of the French of Italy Spain Germany and all the world, and Great Britain alone the cause of preventing its… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
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