Quote #14
I love the Americans because they love liberty, and I love them for the noble efforts they made in the last war.
More from William, 1st Earl of Chatham Pitt
- There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.
- Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations.
- 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.
- 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…
- There are many things a parliament cannot do. It cannot make itself executive, nor dispose of offices which belong to the crown. It cannot …
- I invoke the genius of the Constitution.
- The distinction between legislation and taxation is essential to liberty.
- The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail - its roof may shake - the wind may blow th…