...the day is come when the very inadequate benefits of the… - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

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...the day is come when the very inadequate benefits of the treaty of Utrecht, the indelible reproach of the last generation, are become the necessary, but almost unattainable wish of the present, when the empire is no more, the ports of the Netherlands betrayed, the Dutch Barrier treaty an empty sound, Minorca, and with it, the Mediterranean lost, and America itself precarious.

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

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The Right Honourable William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who achieved his greatest fame as war minister during the Seven Years' War (aka French and Indian War) and who was later Prime Minister of Great Britain. He is often known as William Pitt the Elder to distinguish him from his son, William Pitt the Younger

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Native Name: William Pitt

Alternative Names: The Great Commoner • William Pitt the Elder • Pitt the Elder • William, the Celebrated Commoner Pitt • William Pitt Earl of Chatham • William, the Elder Pitt • William, 1st Earl of Chatham Pitt • Great Commoner • William Pitt, Earl of Chatham • William Chatham

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We are now to examine whether it is probable that we shall preserve our commerce and our independence, or whether we are sinking into subjection to a foreign power.

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