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“I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences.”

People May Government Desire Hours Liberty Rights Protect Conscience England Preserves

Book:Letters and Speeches

Source: Letters and Speeches

“In England, even the poorest of people believe that they have rights; that is very different from what satisfies the poor in other lands.”

People Believe Different Poor Rights Land England Poorest

Author:Simon Heffer

“The laws of England will protect the rights of British subjects, and give a remedy for a grievance committed by one British subject upon another, in whatever country that may be done.”

Giving May Country Done Law Rights Subjects Protect England Committed British Remedy Grievance

Author:Bayley

“Nine people out of ten (in Germany and England, perhaps ten people) would rather wait for their rights than fight for their rights.”

People Fighting Waiting Change Rights Ten England Nine Germany

Author:Sylvia Townsend Warner

“And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense.”

Source: Commentaries on the Laws of England: Of the Rights of People

“[T]he liberty, the unalienable, indefeasible rights of men, the honor and dignity of human nature, the grandeur and glory of the public, and the universal happiness of individuals, were never so skillfully and successfully consulted as in that most excellent monument of human art, the common law of England.”

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations