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I return you many thanks for the honour you have done me; but Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example.
-William Pitt
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Assumptions
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Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.
-William Pitt
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Confidence
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Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.
-William Pitt
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Journalism
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The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.
-William Pitt
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Necessity
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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
-William Pitt
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Nonsense
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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
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Poverty
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Poverty, of course, is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
-William Pitt
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Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
-William Pitt
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Power
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Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
-William Pitt
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Books by and about William Pitt