Charles James Fox - England Quotes

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Why Egypt should be of such importance either to the French or to Us I never could discover and I have always thought the Expedition there the foolishest part, perhaps the only foolish part of Bonaparte's Conduct, unless perhaps he had some views in it connected with the internal Politicks of France of which we are not informed, or (which I have always suspected) that he had a desire to be out of the way of either accepting or refusing the command of an army destined to invade England.

Charles James Fox
... against which we should direct all our force, the navy of France: in the destruction of her marine we might see some hope of recovering America; but while our army remained in that country, we were to expect nothing from its operations. On the continent of Europe, it might be employed; there we might contend with France, in a manner that would make her feel that her own consequence was at stake. But the old Whig system of alliances on the continent had been given up, and we were left to fight all our battles by ourselves. If these alliances were renewed, France might then be taught, that rashness, not prudence, had made her enter into the American confederacy... America... might be won in Europe, while England might be ruined in America.

Charles James Fox
I stand upon this great principle. I say that the people of England have a right to control the executive power, by the interference of their representatives in this House of parliament. The right honorable gentleman [William Pitt] maintains the contrary. He is the cause of our political enmity.

Charles James Fox
... a greater evil than the restoration of the Bourbons to the world in general, and England in particular, can hardly happen.

Charles James Fox