British - Leader | May 28, 1759 - January 23, 1806
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
William Pitt
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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.
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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!
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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?
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Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
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Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.
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Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.
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The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.
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