Quotation by William Pitt, Earl Of

I cannot give them my confidence; pardon me, gentlemen, confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity.
William, Earl Of Pitt (1708–1778), British statesman. speech, Jan. 14, 1766, to House of Commons.

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