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“Their love of the Church was not, indeed, the effect of study or meditation. Few among them could have given any reason, drawn from Scripture or ecclesiastical history, for adhering to her doctrines, her ritual, and her polity; nor were they, as a class, by any means strict observers of that code of morality which is common to all Christian sects. But the experience of many ages proves that men may be ready to fight to the death, and to persecute without pity, for a religion whose creed they do not understand, and whose precepts they habitually disobey.” ReligionChurch Of EnglandHistory Of EnglandGentry Book:The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Source: The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1
“The highest eulogy which can be pronounced on the revolution of 1688 is this, that it was our last revolution. Several generations have now passed away since any wise and patriotic Englishman has meditated resistance to the established government. In all honest and reflecting minds there is a conviction, daily strengthened by experience, that the means of effecting every improvement which the constitution requires may be found within the constitution itself.” LiberalismConservatismBritish HistoryBritish ConstitutionConstitutionalismWhigsGlorious Revolution Author:Thomas Babington Macaulay