William Pitt Quotes

• Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

  William Pitt

  Exercise, Tyrants, Slavery

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• If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!

  William Pitt

  Country, Military, Revolution

  Francis Thackeray, William Pitt (1827). “A history of the Right Honorable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: containing his speeches in Parliament : a considerable portion of his correspondence, when Secretary of State, upon French, Spanish, and American affairs, never before published with an account of the principal events and persons of his time, connected with his life, sentiments and administrations ; (Mit dem Bildnisse Pitts)”, p.327

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• Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

  William Pitt

  Law, Mind, Lord

  William Pitt (1839). “Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Edited by William Stanhope Taylor and John Henry Pringle ...”, p.387

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• The poorest man may, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow though it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England may not enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.

  William Pitt

  Kings, Rain, Blow

  Speech in House of Commons, ca. March 1763 See Coke 1; Coke 8; Otis 2

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• Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land.

  William Pitt

  Country, Real, Garden

  Francis Thackeray, William Pitt (1827). “A history of the Right Honorable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: containing his speeches in Parliament : a considerable portion of his correspondence, when Secretary of State, upon French, Spanish, and American affairs, never before published with an account of the principal events and persons of his time, connected with his life, sentiments and administrations ; (Mit dem Bildnisse Pitts)”, p.285

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• Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

  William Pitt

  Power, Politics, Unlimited

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• Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.

  William Pitt

  Growth, Aging, Plant

  Speech in 'Hansard' 14 January 1766, col. 97

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• Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

  William Pitt

  Meditation, Principles, Action

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• Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?

  William Pitt

  Men, Able, Nonsense

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• I think I could eat one of Bellamy's veal pies.

  William Pitt

  Food, Thinking, Pie

  1806 Attributed last words, 23 Jan.

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