WPWilliam Pitt

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William Pitt

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Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1782 AD

Necessity is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

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02c. 1782 AD

Prostrate the beauteous ruin lies; and all That shared its shelter perish in its fall.

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03Undated

A strong nor'-wester 's blowing, Bill! Hark! don't ye hear it roar now? Lord help 'em, how I pities them Unhappy folks on shore now!

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04Undated

My eyes! what tiles and chimney-pots About their heads are flying!

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05Undated

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves.

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06Undated

Where law ends there tyranny begins.

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07Undated

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.

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