Charles James Fox/1788%e2%80%931789 - The Regency Crisis

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    The worst of revolutions is a restoration.
    —Charles James Fox (1749–1806)

    Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.
    —Charles James Fox (1749–1806)

    The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult is the period of indecision—whether to fight or run away. And the most dangerous period is the aftermath. It is then, with all his resources spent and his guard down, that an individual must watch out for dulled reactions and faulty judgment.
    Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)