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Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?
William Pitt
Sense
,
Talk
,
Everyone
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
Power
,
Law
,
Minds
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
Down
,
Country
,
American
Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.
William Pitt
Heart
,
Confidence
,
Growth
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
William Pitt
Poverty
,
Annoying
,
Disgrace
The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.
William Pitt
Air
,
Press
Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.
William Pitt
Give
,
Sometimes
,
Practical
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
William Pitt
Power
,
Corrupts
,
Unlimited
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Biography
Nationality:
British
Type:
Leader
Born:
May 28
, 1759
Died: 1806
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