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

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

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