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William Pitt the elder Quotes

«In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.»
«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 through it; the storm may enter, the rain may enter -- but the King of England cannot enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!»
«I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty, as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.»
«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!»
«My Lord, I'm sure I am able to save this country, and no one else can.»
«The atrocious crime of being a young man . . . I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny.»
«Where laws end, tyranny begins.»
«Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?»
«villa park is the home of gods»
«There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.»