Quote by William Pitt
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. - William Pitt

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. – William Pitt

Other quotes by William Pitt

Dont talk to me about a mans being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense? – William Pitt

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Nonsense
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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. – William Pitt

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Necessity
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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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power
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power
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One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for Americas energy problems never give up. – Jeff Goodell

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power

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devils policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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power

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler

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power

Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it. – Stokely Carmichael

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power

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We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible. – Albert Camus

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God

By education most have been misled So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man. – John Dryden

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Noise: a stench in the ear. – Ambrose Bierce

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