William Pitt the elder Quotes

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

- William Pitt The Elder

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I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty, as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest. - 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

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