Quotes by John Pym
“The best form of government is that which doth actuate and dispose every part and member of a state to the common good.”— John Pym
“The high court of Parliament is the great eye of the kingdom, to find out offences and punish them.”— John Pym
“Privileges of Parliament were not given for the ornament of the members, but for the service of the King and Commonwealth.”— John Pym
“He that takes away the defense of the law from the subject, cuts himself off from the benefit of it.”— John Pym
“It is not the purpose of the House of Commons to govern, but to call those to account who do govern.”— John Pym
“The law is that which puts a difference betwixt good and evil, betwixt just and unjust. If you take away the law, all things will fall into a confusion.”— John Pym