William Pitt The Younger - Quotations

Quotations

  • "Oh, my country! How I leave my country." (Attributed last words, from: Stanhope's Life of the Rt Hon. William Pitt (1862), vol. iv, p. 391)
  • "My country! Oh, my country!" (Attributed last words, from: G. Rose Diary 23 January 1806)
  • "I think I could eat one of Bellamy's veal pies." (alternative attributed last words)
  • "...the foulest and most atrocious deed." (in reference to the execution of King Louis XVI of France)
  • “Roll up that map: it will not be wanted these ten years.” (referring to a map of Europe, after hearing of Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz)

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