1708 -1778, British Statesman
I cannot give them my confidence; pardon me, gentlemen, confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity.
William Pitt The Elder Chatham – [Trust]
The little I know of it has not served to raise my opinion of what is vulgarly called the ''Monied Interest;'' I mean, that blood-sucker, that muckworm, that calls itself ''the friend of government.''
William Pitt The Elder Chatham – [Finance]
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 through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter! — all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!
William Pitt The Elder Chatham – [Home]
There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.
William Pitt The Elder Chatham – [Royalty]