More from William, 1st Earl of Chatham Pitt

  1. 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.
  2. I love the Americans because they love liberty, and I love them for the noble efforts they made in the last war.
  3. There are many things a parliament cannot do. It cannot make itself executive, nor dispose of offices which belong to the crown. It cannot …
  4. Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations.
  5. The distinction between legislation and taxation is essential to liberty.
  6. 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 - neve…
  7. Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom; youth is the season of credulity.
  8. I invoke the genius of the Constitution.

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