Charles James Fox cytaty

Charles James Fox - brytyjski arystokrata i prominentny polityk partii wigów, zwolennik zniesienia niewolnictwa, niepodległości Stanów Zjednoczonych i rewolucji francuskiej, młodszy syn Henry’ego Foksa, 1. barona Holland of Foxley, i lady Caroline Lennox, córki 2. księcia Richmond i Lennox. Wikipedia  

✵ 24. Styczeń 1749 – 13. Wrzesień 1806
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Charles James Fox: Cytaty po angielsku

“The worst of revolutions is a restoration.”

Speech to the House of Commons (December 10, 1785).
1780s

“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.”

Speech in the House of Commons (19 April 1791), quoted in J. Wright (ed.), The Speeches of the Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox in the House of Commons. Volume IV (1815), p. 192.
1790s

“I die happy.”

Last words. Quoted in Lord John Russell Life and Times of C J Fox, Vol.3 (1860), Ch. 9.
1800s

“…a greater evil than the restoration of the Bourbons to the world in general, and England in particular, can hardly happen.”

Letter to Lord Holland (28 July 1795), quoted in L. G. Mitchell, Charles James Fox (London: Penguin, 1997), p. 160.
1790s

“Religion was best understood when least talked of.”

Speech in the House of Commons (7 February 1773), quoted in Lord John Russell (ed.), Memorials and Correspondence of Charles James Fox. Volume I (London: Richard Bentley, 1853), p. 71.
1770s

“[Napoleon has now] surpassed…Alexander & Caesar, not to mention the great advantage he has over them in the Cause he fights in.”

Letter to Denis O'Bryen (16 July 1800), quoted in L. G. Mitchell, Charles James Fox (London: Penguin, 1997), p. 167.
1800s

“Our Sovereign's Health, the Majesty of the People.”

Toast given at the Whig Club (1 May 1798), quoted in John Ehrman, The Younger Pitt. The Consuming Struggle (London: Constable, 1996), p. 116. The King struck off Fox's name from the list of Privy Councillors in response. Fox also gave the toast "may the ancient Nobility of England ever think it their highest honour to support the Rights of the People".
1790s

“Kings govern by means of popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.”

Speech to the House of Commons (October 31, 1776).
1770s

“How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!”

Letter to Mr. Fitzpatrick (30 July 1789) on the fall of the Bastille, printed in J. Russell (ed.), Memorials and Correspondence of Charles James Fox. Volume II (London: Richard Bentley, 1853), p. 361.
1780s

“On speaking to Mr. Fox (who had just received the seals as Secretary of State) on the important event of the day, he said certainly things look very well, but he, meaning the K[ing], will dye soon, and that will be best of all.”

Fox to Lord Carmarthen (27 March 1783), quoted in Oscar Browning (ed.), The Political Memoranda of Francis Fifth Duke of Leeds (Camden Society, 1884), pp. 65-66, n.
1780s

“Bonaparte's wish is Peace, nay that he is afraid of war to the last degree.”

Letter to Charles Grey (12 December 1802), quoted in L. G. Mitchell, Charles James Fox (London: Penguin, 1997), p. 201.
1800s

“It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief.”

Fox on George III in a letter to Mr. Fitzpatrick (9 September 1781), quoted in John Brooke, George III (Panther, 1974), pp. 363-364.
1780s