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WT Sharpe · 01-09-2011, 02:34 PM

.....It was true, the bill was said to be founded on necessity; but what was this? Was it not necessity, which had always been the plea of every illegal exertion of power, or exercise of oppression? Was not necessity the pretence of every usurpation? Necessity was the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It was the argument of tyrants: it was the creed of slaves.
..........— William Pitt (1759-1806), English statesman. The Speeches of the Right Honourable William Pitt in the House of Commons in Four Volumes, Inscribed by W.S. Hathaway, Vol. I (London, 1806). Speech on the India Bill (November 18, 1783), page 90.

01-09-2011, 02:34 PM	#1065
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....It was true, the bill was said to be founded on necessity; but what was this? Was it not necessity, which had always been the plea of every illegal exertion of power, or exercise of oppression? Was not necessity the pretence of every usurpation? Necessity was the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It was the argument of tyrants: it was the creed of slaves. ..........— William Pitt (1759-1806), English statesman. *The Speeches of the Right Honourable William Pitt in the House of Commons in Four Volumes*, Inscribed by W.S. Hathaway, Vol. I (London, 1806). Speech on the India Bill (November 18, 1783), page 90.