William Pitt The Elder Quotes

Where laws end, tyranny begins. - William Pitt The Elder

Villa park is the home of gods. - William Pitt The Elder

There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself. - William Pitt The Elder

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 through it; the storm may enter, the rain may enter -- but the King of England cannot enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt The Elder

The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils. - William Pitt The Elder

The atrocious crime of being a young man . . . I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny. - William Pitt The Elder

So as this only point among the rest remaineth sure and certain,namely, that nothing is certain. . . - William Pitt The Elder

My Lord, I'm sure I am able to save this country, and no one else can. - William Pitt The Elder

Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others. - William Pitt The Elder

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 The Elder

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