"But without Pitt nothing, in the opinion of the country or of Europe, could be strong—an axiom of which Addington was never sufficiently persuaded."
— Henry Addington

January 1, 1970

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John Wilson Croker, 'Life of Lord Sidmouth', The Quarterly Review, No. CLVIII, Vol. LXXIX (March 1847), p. 514