"He could be irresponsible, he was certainly reckless, and, on occasion, he was a flagrant opportunist. He can rightly be accused of achieving in his lifetime little of what he so eloquently sought. But he was also warm-hearted, generous and immensely gifted; a richly endowed human being, whose principles have become synonymous with individual and political liberty. His posthumous influence has been enormous. For his argumentsâhowever radical, however politically inconvenient, however ahead of their timeâwere incontestably right. As Pitt once wearily conceded, "Mr. Fox has never been answered". His arguments on the slave trade, on religious freedom, on the freedom of speech and of assembly, on constitutional reform and in opposition to war wereâin the light of eternityâunanswerable. He could be outvoted, he could be out-manoeuvred, he could be checked. But he could not be silenced andâultimatelyâhe could not be stopped."
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AbolitionistsMembers of the Parliament of Great BritainPeople from LondonWhig (British political party) politiciansSecretaries of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain and the United Kingdom
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Neil McKendrick, 'âI must still love the dogâ', The Times (3 May 1969), p. 22
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Charles James Fox
1749 â 1806
englischer Staatsmann und Rhetoriker
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