Edmund Burke: “The example of our own ancestors is abundantly sufficient to maintain the spirit of freedom in its full vigor, and to…”

Their objects would be enlarged with their elevation; but their disposition, and habits, and mode of accomplishing their designs must remain the same.

They look upon the legal hereditary succession of their crown as among their rights, not as among their wrongs,--as a benefit, not as a grievance,--as a security for their liberty, not as a badge of servitude.

Those who are servants in name, as well as in effect, do not like to be told of their situation, their duty, and their obligations.

The ceremony of cashiering kings, of which these gentlemen talk so much at their ease, can rarely, if ever, be performed without force.