27 Quotes by Charles James Fox

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.

Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind.

Any thing that proves that it is not in the power of Kings and Princes by their great armies to have every thing their own way is of such good example that without any good will to the French one can not help being delighted by it, and you know I have a natural partiality to what some people call rebels.

No human government has a right to enquire into private opinions, to presume that it knows them, or to act on that presumption. Men are the best judges of the consequences of their own opinions, and how far they are likely to influence their actions; and it is most unnatural and tyrannical to say, "as you think, so must you act. I will collect the evidence of your future conduct from what I know to be your opinions."

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.

How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! And how much the best!

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

Our Sovereign’s Health, the Majesty of the People.

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