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William Pitt quotes: Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.

Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.

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

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

William Pitt quotes: The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.

The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.

William Pitt quotes: 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!

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 quotes: 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.

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

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

William Pitt quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.

William Pitt quotes: Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

William Pitt quotes: Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.