John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
William Pitt 1759-1806 John Bartlett
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| Necessity is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 1 |
| Speech on the India Bill, November, 1783. |
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| Prostrate the beauteous ruin lies; and all That shared its shelter perish in its fall. |
| The Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin. No. xxxvi. |
| Note 1. See Milton, Quotation 106. [back] |