Pitt elder Quotations

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 force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!

There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.

The atrocious crime of being a young man . . . I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny.

So as this only point among the rest remaineth sure and certain,namely, that nothing is certain. . .

In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.