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Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

~William Pitt

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Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

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Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.

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Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?

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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!

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The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.

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Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

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Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Leader

Born: May 28th, 1759

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