There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my lords, that where laws end, tyranny begins.

I love the Americans because they love liberty, and I love them for the noble efforts they made in the last war.

There are many things a parliament cannot do. It cannot make itself executive, nor dispose of offices which belong to the crown. It cannot take any man's prope…