Карл I (король Англии) цитаты

„Я иду от тленного в нетленное царство, где не может быть волнения, никакого волнения в мире.“

I am no less confident, that no learned lawyer will affirm that an impeachment can lie against the King, they all going in his name: and one of their maxims is, that the King can do no wrong. <br class="br">пояснение причин отклонения юрисдикции [Высшего суда, High Court of Justice] (21 января 1649) <br class="br">Источник: constitution.org http://www.constitution.org/eng/conpur083.htm

„Так же как я вижу, что все птицы летают, я ожидаю от вас, что вы отправите их мне, как только они вернутся сюда. Но, уверяю вас словом короля, я не намерен действовать против них силой, а только справедливым правовым образом, потому что я не хочу от него отступаться.“

I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the world.
Сказано в день казни (30 января 1649)

„Я должен вам сказать, что свобода и свобода <народа> состоят в том, чтобы имелись правительства, издающие те законы, по которым их жизнь и процветание может быть наиболее независимой. Это не то, чтобы иметь долю <голосов> в правительстве, в котором нет никого, представляющего их. Поданный и суверен — полностью разные понятия. Если бы я поступил произвольным образом, чтобы изменить все законы в соответствии с силой меча, мне не нужно было бы приходить сюда, и поэтому я говорю вам … что я мученик за людей.“

Since I see all the birds are flown, I do expect from you that you will send them unto me as soon as they return hither. But, I assure you on the word of a king, I never did intend any force, but shall proceed against them in a legal and fair way, for I never meant any other.
Заявление в Палате общин после неудачной попытки арестовать её пятерых членов (4 января 1642), из журнала Sir Simonds d'Ewes

„Будьте Ваше Святейшество убеждены, что я сейчас таков, и всегда буду, таким умеренным, чтобы держаться в стороне, насколько это возможно, от каждого предприятия, которое может свидетельствовать о ненависти к католической религии. Нет, скорее я буду использовать все возможности, нежным и щедрым поведением полностью удалю все зловещие подозрения на этот счёт, ведь все мы должны признаться частями одной неделимой Троицы и одного распятого Христа, мы можем единодушно объединиться в одну веру.“

I must tell you that the liberty and freedom <of the people> consists in having of Government, those laws by which their life and their goods may be most their own. It is not for having share in Government, that is nothing pertaining to them. A subject and a sovereign are clean different things. If I would have given way to an arbitrary way, for to have all laws changed according to the Power of the Sword, I needed not to have come here, and therefore I tell you... that I am the martyr of the people.
Сказано в день казни (30 января 1649)

“Princes are not bound to give an account of their Actions but to God alone.”

Be your holiness persuaded that I am, and ever shall be, of such moderation as to keep aloof, as far as possible, from every undertaking which may testify any hatred towards the Roman Catholic religion. Nay, rather I will seize all opportunities, by a gentle and generous mode of conduct, to remove all sinister suspicions entirely; so that, as we all confess one undivided Trinity and one Christ crucified, we may be banded together unanimously into one faith.
из письма Папе Римскому, Григорию XV (20 апреля 1623)
Источник: Sir Charles Petrie (ed.), The Letters...of King Charles I (1935), p. 16.

Карл I (король Англии): Цитаты на английском языке

“Be your holiness persuaded that I am, and ever shall be, of such moderation as to keep aloof, as far as possible, from every undertaking which may testify any hatred towards the Roman Catholic religion. Nay, rather I will seize all opportunities, by a gentle and generous mode of conduct, to remove all sinister suspicions entirely; so that, as we all confess one undivided Trinity and one Christ crucified, we may be banded together unanimously into one faith.”

Declaration on the dissolution of Parliament (10 March 1628)

“I cannot flatter myself with the expectation of good success more than this, to end my days with honour and a good conscience.”

Letter to Pope Gregory XV (20 April 1623).
Sir Charles Petrie (ed.), The Letters...of King Charles I (1935), p. 16.

“For the people. And truly I desire their Liberty and Freedom as much as any Body whomsoever. But I must tell you, That their Liberty and Freedom, consists in having of Government; those Laws, by which their Life and their goods may be most their own. It is not for having a share in government (Sir) that is nothing pertaining to them. A subject and a sovereign are clean different things, and therefore until they do that, I mean, that you do put the people in that liberty as I say, certainly they will never enjoy themselves.
Sirs, It was for this that now I Have come here. If I would have given way to an Arbitrary way, for to have all Laws changed according to the power of the Sword, I needed not to have come here; and therefore, I tell you, (and I pray God it be not laid to your charge) That I Am the Martyr of the People.”

Remark to Prince Rupert of the Rhine in 1646, just before surrendering to Parliament and its New Model Army. As quoted in Early Modern England: A Narrative History (2009) by Robert Bucholz and Newton Key, p. 258
Контексте: I confess that, speaking as a mere soldier or statesman, there is no probability of my ruin; yet, as a Christian, I must tell you that God will not suffer rebels and traitors to prosper, nor this cause be overthrown, and whatever personal punishment it shall please hi to inflict on me, must not make me repine, much less give over this quarrel... Indeed, I cannot flatter myself with the expectation of good success more than this, to end my days with honour and a good conscience.

“I am no less confident, that no learned lawyer will affirm that an impeachment can lie against the King, they all going in his name: and one of their maxims is, that the King can do no wrong.”

On the scaffold before his execution. ( 30 January, 1649 http://anglicanhistory.org/charles/charles1.html).

“I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the World.”

Reasons for declining the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice http://www.constitution.org/eng/conpur083.htm (21 January 1649)