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Vote: | 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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Vote: | Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. |
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Vote: | Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying. |
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Vote: | The press is like the air, a chartered libertine. |
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Vote: | Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages. |
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Vote: | 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. |
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William Pitt could refer to:
*William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister of Great Britain 1766-1768; often known as William Pitt the Elder
*William Pitt the Younger; his son; Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783-1801) and (1804-1806)
*William Pitt, Comptroller of the Household to King James I of England.
*William Rivers Pitt, left-wing American essayist
*William Pitt, Liberal victor of the Croydon North West by-election, 1981, normally known as Bill Pitt
*William Pitt, Australian 19th Century architect
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