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" The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his... "
Voices of Democracy: A Handbook for Speakers, Teachers, and Writers - Página 27
1941 - 84 páginas
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Enfranchisement and Citizenship: Addresses and Papers

Edward Lillie Pierce - 1896 - 420 páginas
...for it is his own. One of the finest bursts of British eloquence was Lord Chatham's, when he said: " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the winds of heaven may blow through every cranny; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the king...
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The Bill of Rights and Beyond: A Resource Guide

1990 - 72 páginas
...Affairs Division at (202/653-9808). "For a man's house is his castle...." Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634 "The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail-its roof may shake-the wind may blow through it-the storm may enter-the rain may enter-but the...
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Democracy and Moral Development: A Politics of Virtue

David L. Norton - 2023 - 220 páginas
...enablement. It is the former function that receives emphasis in the words of the elder William Pitt: 'The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!" 35 A just and temperate person seeks to possess what he or she is entitled to, neither less nor more....
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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations

Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 páginas
...of the Hired Man," lines 118-19, The Poetry of Robert Frost, ed. Edward C. Lathem, p. 38 (1967). 861 The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...enter— the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter! — all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! WILLIAM PITT,...
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The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 páginas
...Modern Life and Progress," lecture (published in Hopes a nd Fears (or An, "The Lesser Arts." 1882). 31 he notion that the Welsh were great eaters of cheese. 4 The land of faery cannot enter! — all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! WILLIAM PITT...
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Taking Back Our Streets Act of 1995: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime - 1996 - 622 páginas
...remarks on government invasion of privacy: The poorest may, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake;...dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement. Even the casual student of history appreciates that abusive government, rather than the criminal element,...
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The People's Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-century America

William J. Novak - 1996 - 412 páginas
...private patriarchs ruled absolutely without fear of interference was best captured by William Pitt: "The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...— the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of that ruined tenement!"48 Despite such...
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Seasoned Judgments: American Constitution, Rights and History

Leonard W. Levy - 462 páginas
...ordinary subject. William Pitt expressed it best in a speech in Parliament in 1763, when he declaimed: "The poorest man may, in his cottage, bid defiance...force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement."1 The assertion that "a man's house is his castle" goes back at least to the early sixteenth...
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Why People Don’t Trust Government

Joseph S. Nye, Philip D. Zelikow, David C. King - 1997 - 354 páginas
...Chatham, caught the essence of this idea in the often-quoted lines attributed to him by Lord Brougham: "The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...— the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter!"11 The second body of ideas is that associated with the phrase of the early eighteenth-century...
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The Jury and the Search for Truth - The Case Against Excluding Relevant ...

Orrin G. Hatch - 1998 - 326 páginas
...remarks on government invasion of privacy: The poorest man, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake;...dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement. Even the casual student of history appreciates that abusive government, rather than the criminal element,...
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