William Pitt — British Leader born on May 28, 1759,

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Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
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.
The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.