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Quotes by William Pitt

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.
– William Pitt
Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?
– William Pitt
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
– William Pitt
The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.
– William Pitt
Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.
– 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
Eloquence is in the assembly, not merely in the speaker.
– William Pitt