Fox welcomed the French Revolution of 1789, interpreting it as a late continental imitation of the Glorious Revolution of Great Britain of 1688. In response to the Assault on the Bastille on July 14, he famously declared: "To what extent It is the biggest event that has ever happened in The World! And the better! "In April 1791, Fox told the House of Commons that he" admired the new constitution of France, considered as a whole, as the most magnificent building of freedom. and glorious, which had been erected on the basis of human integrity at any time or country.