Home / Authors / Charles James Fox

Charles James Fox Quotes

Former Leader of the House of Commons

Charles James Fox, a British politician, was born on January 24, 1749, and died on September 13, 1806. He served as the Leader of the House of Commons and was a prominent Whig figure in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Filter quotes by topic

All Men Opinion People Causes Knows Action Bonaparte Consequence Duty Example Honour Judging Kings Natural Persecution Political Restoration Rights Should Thinking

Famous Charles James Fox Quotes

“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.”

Men Persons Hate Opinion Crowns

Author:Charles James Fox

“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.”

Men Natural Rights Ought Deprived Toleration

Author: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.”

Men Spirit Endure Size Resistance Breasts Resentment Destined Deities

Author:Charles James Fox

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

Men Mind Situation Honor Dignity Splendor

Author:Charles James Fox

“Men are entitled to equal rights-but to equal rights to unequal things.”

Men Rights Equal Entitled Equal Rights

Author:Charles James Fox

“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."”

Thinking Knows Men Humans Government Action Opinion Influence Judging Evidence Consequence Our Future Your Future Unnatural Presumption

Book:The Speeches ... in the House of Commons

Source: The Speeches ... in the House of Commons

About the Author

Born: January 24, 1749
Died: September 13, 1806
Known for: Former Leader of the House of Commons
Quotes: 23

Books & Sources

Memorials and correspondenceRelated source material

The speeches of the right honourable Charles James Fox, in the House of CommonsRelated source material

The Speeches ... in the House of CommonsRelated source material

Similar Authors

Thomas HobbesBrowse related quotes
Woodrow WilsonBrowse related quotes
Michel de MontaigneBrowse related quotes
Napoleon BonaparteBrowse related quotes
Theodore RooseveltBrowse related quotes
Blaise PascalBrowse related quotes
Francis BaconBrowse related quotes
Edmund BurkeBrowse related quotes
Walter LippmannBrowse related quotes
Alexis de TocquevilleBrowse related quotes