The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
Robert Donat: The Earl of Chatham and William Pitt
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Charles James Fox : Parliament is no place for perambulators.
The Earl of Chatham and William Pitt : Believe me, the country will prefer them to bath-chairs.
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The Earl of Chatham and William Pitt : My lords, we cannot hope to awaken the people to its peril unless we ourselves are alive to it. The time for half measures and half-hearted complacency is past. From now on we must realise we are fighting a nation of armed fanatics, led by a arch-fanatic. We must work together with a single mind and a single purpose. We must put aside all personal affairs, renounce leisure, family even sleep to this one imperative duty. I warn you - Bonaparte will not count the cost. He'll climb over a million corpses to attain his ambition. We must break him or he will break us. That is all gentlemen.
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The Earl of Chatham and William Pitt : We are held in contempt throughout Europe. Our ships can scarce control the Channel. We are considered a third-rate power. The country is bankrupt.
