Quote#God & Faith
[Pitt said] he saw combinations of great Lords against him but for…
Quote byWilliam Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham · 1708–1778
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Remarks to the Council (14 August 1761), quoted in Peter D. Brown and Karl W. Schweizer (eds.), The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs. 1759–1762 (1982), p. 111.
English (original)
[Pitt said] he saw combinations of great Lords against him but for his part he would go his own way; that he was a British subject and he knew he stood upon British ground; that he had learnt his maxims and principles under the great Lord Cobham and the disciples of the greatest lawyers, generals and patriots of King William's days: named Lord Somers and the Duke of Marlborough.
— William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
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