Charles James Fox/1797%e2%80%931806 - Political Wilderness

Famous quotes containing the words charles, james, fox, political and/or wilderness:

    You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that.
    —Prince Charles (b. 1948)

    Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.
    —William James (1842–1910)

    Many scraps make a lot; fox furs, sewn together, make a fine robe.
    Chinese proverb.

    The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.
    Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

    around our group I could hear the wilderness listen.
    William Stafford (1914–1941)