Peace is the wish of the French of Italy Spain Germany and … - Charles James Fox

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Peace is the wish of the French of Italy Spain Germany and all the world, and Great Britain alone the cause of preventing its accomplishment, and this not for any point of honour or even interest, but merely lest there should be an example in the modern world of a great powerful Republic.

Charles James Fox

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Charles James Fox (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806) was a British Whig politician most noted for his support of the American and French Revolutions.

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Alternative Names: Charles, I Fox • Charles I Fox • Charles Fox I • Charles Fox • Rt. Hon. Charles James Fox

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