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The worst of revolutions is a restoration.

— Charles James Fox

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Bonaparte's wish is Peace, nay that he is afraid of war to the last degree.

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.

No one could be so wise as Thurlow looked.

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

Difference of opinion was, in his mind, one great cause of the improvement of mankind, because it led to inquiry and discussion.

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Men do not lead the revolution; it is the Revolution that uses men.

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The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.

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