Speech in the House of Commons (10 December 1788) advocating the Prince of Wales being appointed Regent, reprinted in J. Wright (ed.), The Speeches of the Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox in the House of Commons. Volume III (1815), pp. 400-401.
1780s
1770s, A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)
Article 7
Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
Source: White-Jacket (1850), Ch. 67
Context: Nature has not implanted any power in man that was not meant to be exercised at times, though too often our powers have been abused. The privilege, inborn and inalienable, that every man has of dying himself, and inflicting death upon another, was not given to us without a purpose. These are the last resources of an insulted and unendurable existence.
My father's wrestling techniques made my lungs strong: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
§ 3
1780s, Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments (1785)
Book VI, Chapter 7.
Books, Coningsby (1844), Vivian Grey (1826)
Saunders v. Saunders (1897), L. R. Prob. D. [1897], p. 95.
Source: The Goblin Emperor (2014), Chapter 32, "Shulivar, Bralchenar, and Narchanezhen" (pp. 446-447)
Source: On Liberty (1859), Ch. 1: Introductory
Context: The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.
