| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 11445 |
| QUOTATION: | If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my armsnevernevernever! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Pitt, The Elder, Lord Chatham (17081778), British statesman. Address to House of Lords, November 18, 1777. |
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