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

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

Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freed…

- 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

The poorest man may, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow though it; t…

- William Pitt

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

- William Pitt

Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land.

- William Pitt

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

- William Pitt

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

- William Pitt