Quotes by Richard Price
1723 – 1791
Richard Price was a Welsh-born liberal Presbyterian minister and moral philosopher. Price is perhaps best known for his vigorous defence of both the American and the French Revolutions. His sermon on “The Love of One’s Country” in 1791 stimulated Burke into writing his famous critique of the French Revolution.
Politics & Liberty
Richard Price on the true Nature of Love of One’s Country (1789)
Liberty
Richard Price on giving thanks for the principles of the Revolution of 1688 (1789)
War & Peace
Richard Price on how the “domestic enemies” of liberty have been more powerful and more successful than foreign enemies (1789)