Essays · Character
Mr. Pitt
The British minister whose temporary measures and war debts Paine treats as a cautionary tale, a man whose policies outlast his time but not his country's patience.
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Also known as Pitt
First appearance: The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance
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Paine predicts the funding system will collapse before the end of Pitt's natural life, and retorts Pitt's phrase about France back at him.
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Pitt stands as the establishment foil in Paine's essays, the statesman whose financial schemes and military commitments embody the very system of inherited power Paine wants to dismantle. The tension is between Pitt's…
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