16 Quotes by William Pitt

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

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.

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!

The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.

Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?

Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.