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Charles James Fox Famous Quotes & Sayings

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Charles James Fox quotes: All political power is a trust. All political power is a trust.
Charles James Fox quotes: How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! And how much the best! How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! And how much the best!
Charles James Fox quotes: Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind. Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind.
Charles James Fox quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Toleration in religion was one of the great rights of man, and a man ought never to be deprived of what was his natural right. Toleration in religion was one of the great rights of man, and a man ought never to be deprived of what was his natural right.
Charles James Fox quotes: Opinions become dangerous to a state only when persecution makes it necessary for the people to communicate their ideas under the bond of secrecy. 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 quotes: Bonaparte's wish is Peace, nay that he is afraid of war to the last degree. Bonaparte's wish is Peace, nay that he is afraid of war to the last degree.
Charles James Fox quotes: There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it belongs than I. There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it belongs than I.
Charles James Fox quotes: There is a spirit of resistance implanted by the Deity in the breast of man, proportioned to the size of the wrongs he is destined to endure. There is a spirit of resistance implanted by the Deity in the breast of man, proportioned to the size of the wrongs he is destined to endure.
Charles James Fox quotes: The worst of revolutions is a restoration. The worst of revolutions is a restoration.
Charles James Fox quotes: Men are entitled to equal rights-but to equal rights to unequal things. Men are entitled to equal rights-but to equal rights to unequal things.
Charles James Fox quotes: Our Sovereign's Health, the Majesty of the People. Our Sovereign's Health, the Majesty of the People.
Charles James Fox quotes: There is not a power in Europe, no not even Bonaparte's that is so unlimited [as the British monarchy]. There is not a power in Europe, no not even Bonaparte's that is so unlimited [as the British monarchy].
Charles James Fox quotes: A greater evil than the restoration of the Bourbons to the world in general, and England in particular, can hardly happen. A greater evil than the restoration of the Bourbons to the world in general, and England in particular, can hardly happen.
Charles James Fox quotes: I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war. I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war.
Charles James Fox quotes: [Napoleon has now] surpassed ... Alexander & Caesar, not to mention the great advantage he has over them in the Cause he fights in. [Napoleon has now] surpassed ... Alexander & Caesar, not to mention the great advantage he has over them in the Cause he fights in.