Quotes
Quotes - Chatham
Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.
A long train of these practices has at length unwillingly convinced me that there is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations.
If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,--never! never! never!
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter, the rain may enter,--but the King of England cannot enter; all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!
We have a Calvinistic creed, a Popish liturgy, and an Arminian clergy.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,--never! never! never!
Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring I will step into the pool.
