Charles I of England Quotes

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Sweet-heart, now they will cut off thy father's head. Mark, child, what I say: they will cut off my head, and perhaps make thee a king. But mark what I say: you must not be a king, so long as your brothers Charles and James do live.
Said to Prince Henry

Charles I of England
Princes are not bound to give an account of their Actions but to God alone.

Charles I of England
If I would have given way to an arbitrary way, for to have all laws changed according to the power of the sword, I needed not to have come here; and therefore I tell you (and I pray God it be not laid to your charge) that I am the martyr of the people.

Charles I of England
Since I see all the birds are flown, I do expect from you that you will send them unto me as soon as they return hither. But, I assure you on the word of a king, I never did intend any force, but shall proceed against them in a legal and fair way, for I never meant any other.

Charles I of England
I am no less confident, that no learned lawyer will affirm that an impeachment can lie against the King, they all going in his name: and one of their maxims is, that the King can do no wrong.

Charles I of England
I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the World.

Charles I of England
Last Words:
I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown, where no disturbance can have place.

Charles I of England
Declining the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice:
You manifestly wrong even the poorest ploughman, if you demand not his free consent.

Charles I of England
Be your holiness persuaded that I am, and ever shall be, of such moderation as to keep aloof, as far as possible, from every undertaking which may testify any hatred towards the Roman Catholic religion. Nay, rather I will seize all opportunities, by a gentle and generous mode of conduct, to remove all sinister suspicions entirely; so that, as we all confess one undivided Trinity and one Christ crucified, we may be banded together unanimously into one faith.

Charles I of England
I die a Christian, according to the profession of the Church of England, as I found it left me by my father.

Charles I of England