What did 1st Earl of Chatham mean by: Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power. 1st Earl of Chatham Politician · England Copy
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, 1st Earl of Chatham, William Pitt, Corruption, Influence, Power, 0 1st Earl of Chatham Politician · England
+ Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. Author, September 23, 2023January 2, 2025, William Pitt, Consequences, Corruption, Power, 0 William Pitt Politician · United Kingdom
Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, 1st Earl of Chatham, William Pitt, Compromise, Flexibility, Pragmatism, 0 1st Earl of Chatham Politician · England
+ Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. Author, June 17, 2023January 2, 2025, William Pitt, Aging, Confidence, Growth, 0 William Pitt Politician · United Kingdom
+ Where laws end, tyranny begins. Author, November 1, 2023January 2, 2025, 1st Earl of Chatham, William Pitt, Control, Laws, Tyranny, 0 1st Earl of Chatham Politician · England
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, 1st Earl of Chatham, William Pitt, Corruption, Law, Power, 0 1st Earl of Chatham Politician · England
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
