16 ordspråk av William Pitt the younger
William Pitt the younger
William Pitt the younger föddes den
28 mei 1759 och dog den 23 januari
1806 - (1783-1801, 1804-06) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
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A long train of these practices has at length unwillingly convinced me that there is something behind the throne greater than the King himself
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England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example.
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Necessity is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves.
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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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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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Oh, my country! how I leave my country!
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Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
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Prostrate the beauteous ruin lies; and all
That shared its shelter perish in its fall.
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Roll up that map: it will not be wanted these ten years.
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The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.
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Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.
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Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
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Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my lords, that where laws end, tyranny begins
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Where law ends, tyranny begins
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