“Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.”
William Pitt“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“Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.”
William Pitt“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“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“Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.”
William Pitt“Where law ends there tyranny begins.”
William Pitt“In the bad old days there were three easy ways of losing money - racing being the quickest women the pleasantest and farming the most certain.”
William Pitt Amherst“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown. It may be frail - its roof may shake - the wind may blow through it - the storm may enter - the rain may enter - but the King of England cannot enter! - all his force dares not cross the threshhold of the ruined tenement!”
William Pitt the Elder“I know of no evil that ever existed, nor can imagine any evil to exist, worse than the tearing of seventy or eighty thousand persons every year from their own land.”
William Pitt the Younger