"The pride, the glory of Britain, and the direct end of its constitution, is political liberty."

"[Freedom of speech] is not only the natural privilege of liberty but also its support and preservation, every man the…"

"Thus we have created the noblest constitution the human mind is capable of framing, where the executive power is in t…"

"We may therefore infer from this long reign that this people will never refuse anything to a sovereign who they know …"

"[Charles I] had too high a notion of the regal power and thought that every opposition to it was rebellion."

"The unhappy party divisions must ever give an honest man a most unfavourable opinion of these times, when the honour …"

"[The military policy of Great Britain should be based on a navy] equal if not superior to those of all other powers t…"

"If vice and faction can be got the better of, this nation will again appear in her ancient lustre."

"Attempting with vigour to restore religion and virtue when I mount the throne, this great country will probably regai…"

"A good Prince ought to make his passions subservient to the interest of his country, for all things are either good o…"