An eagerness and zeal for dispute on every subject, and with every one, shows great self-sufficiency, that never-failing sign of great self-ignorance.

- William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham

I would have it inscribed on the curtains of your bed and the walls of your chamber: "If you do not rise early you can make progress in nothing."

- William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham

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

- William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham

Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.

- William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham

Where laws end, tyranny begins.

- William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham

I know that I can save this country and that no one else can.

- William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham

Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness; that must be easy, natural, unstudied; and what will give this b…

- William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham

The atrocious crime of being a young man . . . I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny.

- William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.

- William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham