Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom; youth is the season of credulity.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
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, 1st Earl of Chatham
I love the Americans because they love liberty, and I love them for the noble efforts they made in the last war.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
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.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham