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GOVERNMENT > statesman > William Pitt the Elder
There is something...
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There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.
Source: Speech, House of Lords, 2 Mar 1770.
-- William Pitt the Elder, (Nov 15 1708-1778), British statesman; He was twice virtual prime minister (1756-61, 1766-68) and secured the transformation of his country into an imperial power.