Thursday 27 May 2021

Born on this date in 1759 was William Pitt the Younger. 10 things he said:

What I have now offered is meant merely for the sake of my country, for the simple question is: will you change your Ministers and keep the Empire, or keep your Ministers and lose the Kingdom?
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
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.
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.
Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?
The whole of your political conduct has been one continued series of weakness, temerity, despotism, ignorance, futility, negligence, blundering, and the most notorious senility, incapacity, and corruption.
These ministers will destroy the empire they were called upon to save, before the indignation of a great and suffering people can fall upon their heads, in the punishment which they deserve.
Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.
Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.

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