Famous Quotes / William Pitt Chatham
11 Quotations by William Pitt Chatham
- 1. Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.
- 2. Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsen ...
- 3. I cannot give them my confidence; pardon me, gentlemen, confidence is a plant of slow growth in an a ...
- 4. Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is ...
- 5. Poverty, of course, is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
- 6. The little I know of it has not served to raise my opinion of what is vulgarly called the "Monied In ...
- 7. The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail -- i ...
- 8. The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.
- 9. Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.
- 10. There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.
- 11. Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.