WILLIAM PITT SPEAKS AGAIN
“There is not a man whose stake is so great in the country that he would hesitate a moment in sacrificing any portion of it to oppose the violence of the enemy; nor is there. I trust, a man in this happy and free nation whose stake is so small that he would not be ready to sacrifice his life in the same cause.” said Mr William Pitt, speaking in the House of Commons in 1797, in the opening stage of the long struggle against Napoleon, the dictator of that day. H« continued: “There is one great resource, which I trust will never abandon us. and which, has shone forth in the British character, by which wc have preserved our existence and fame as a nation, which we shall be determined never to abandon under any extrerhity. but shall join heart and hand in the solemn pledge that is proposed to us and declare to His Majesty 'that we know great exertions are anted; that we are prepared to make them; and are. at all events determined to stand or fall by the law* liberties and religion of our country."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 22 June 1940, Page 7
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