Control of the Navy and Army.
The navy is the characteristic and constitutional force of Britain, and may therefore be governed by regulations of the legislature; but the army is a new force, arising out of the extraordinary exigencies of modern times, and from every consideration of expediency and necessity, must be left under the control of the crown.
House of Commons, June 3, 1808.
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The Law-breaker always Wrong.
It frequently happens that the people who do commit outrages and disturbances have some reason to complain; but he who breaks the law must be considered in the wrong, whatever may have been, the nature of the provocation which he has received.[3]
[Footnote 3: This remark, though it applies generally, was made with respect to Ireland.]
Ibid, July 7, 1808.
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