“So fully am I impressed with the vast importance and necessity of attaining what will be the object of my motion this night, that if, during the almost forty years that I have had the honour of a seat in parliament, I had been so fortunate as to accomplish that, and that only, I should think I had done enough, and could retire from public life with comfort, and the conscious satisfaction, that I had done my duty.”
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The speeches of the right honourable Charles James Fox, in the House of Commons
This book compiles a selection of speeches by Charles James Fox, a prominent British statesman, on various political issues discussed in the House of Commons. more
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Charles James Fox
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. more
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