TDIH: William Pitt's fiery speech

“I rejoice that America has resisted,” Pitt stormed. “Three million of people so dead to all feelings of liberty, as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.”

"1He spoke these words nearly 300 years ago, but don't you think it's important that we remember this fierce spirit today? This determined spirit characterized America at her founding: It's the same spirit needed to keep us going."