Edmund Burke: “But I am sure the natural effect of fidelity, clemency, kindness in governors is peace, good-will, order, and esteem, on…”

If kings who did not owe their crown to the choice of their people had no title to make laws, what will become of the statute De tallagio non concedendo? of the Petition of Right? of the act of Habeas Corpus?

But supposing they had ranked as they ought to do, and as with us they do actually, the sides of sick-beds are not the academies for forming statesmen and legislators.

But the king of Great Britain obeys no other person; all other persons are individually, and collectively too, under him, and owe to him a legal obedience.

An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease.