Charles James Fox Quote

On the fall of the Bastille:

How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!


Letter to Richard Fitzpatrick [July 30, 1789]. From Lord John Russell, Life and Times of C. J. Fox [1859-1866], vol. II, p. 361


How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!

How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!

How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!

How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!