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.

Charles James Fox (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806) was a British Whig politician most noted for his support of the American and French Revolutions.

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• Kings govern by means of popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.
  • Speech to the House of Commons (October 31, 1776)

• The worst of revolutions is a restoration.
  • Speech to the House of Commons (December 10, 1785)

• How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!
  • On the fall of the Bastille
  • Letter (July 30, 1789)

• Our sovereign, the people.
  • Toast, for which he was removed from the Privy Council (1786) [1]

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• All political power is a trust.
  • Speech in 1788

• He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.