12 quotes found
“Where law ends there tyranny begins.”
“Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.”
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants it is the creed of slaves.”
“Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.”
“In the bad old days there were three easy ways of losing money - racing being the quickest women the pleasantest and farming the most certain.”
“I know of no evil that ever existed, nor can imagine any evil to exist, worse than the tearing of seventy or eighty thousand persons every year from their own land.”
“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 storm may enter - the rain may enter - but t...”
“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!”
