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1770s
1. What acquaintance have the people at large with the arena of political rectitude, with the connections of kingdoms, the resources of national strength, the abilities of ministers, or even with their own dispositions?...I pay no regard whatever to the voice of the people: it is their duty to do what is proper, without considering what may be agreeable. 1.1. Speech in the House of Commons (25 March 1771), reprinted in J. Wright (ed.), The Speeches of the Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox in the House of Co...
1780s
1. ...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 were to submit to that system of despotism, which had so many advocates in this country. 1.1. Speech in the House of Commons (24 April 1780), reprinted in J. Wright (ed.), The Speeches of the Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox in the House of Commons. Volume I(1815), p. 261. 1. Gentlemen, the malicious and groundless Reports which have be...
1790s
1. ...he was indebted to his right honourable friend [Edmund Burke] for the greatest share of the political knowledge he possessed,—his political education had been formed under him,—his instructions had invariably governed his principles. 1.1. Speech in the House of Commons (2 March 1790). 1. 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, a...
...the following passage from Major Cartwright's Memorandum Book: “On Sunday the 10th of April, 1814, Earl Stanhope informed me that in conversation with Mr. Fox and a third person, Mr. Fox said ‘P...
It was left...above all to Charles James Fox himself to defend the liberties of the subject, freedom of the press and of public meeting against the encroachments of a panicky Government. Fox was al...
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Nov 28, 2023 · “The speeches of the right honourable Charles James Fox, in the House of Commons”, p.659 #Night Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years 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.”
4 quotes from Charles James Fox: 'He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others:So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.', 'It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief.', and 'Action, not principle is the object of law and legislation; with a person's principles ...
