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Quotes by Charles James Fox

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.”

“The worst of revolutions is a restoration.”

“All political power is 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.”

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

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

No one could be so wise as Thurlow looked.

All political power is a trust.