John Philpot Curran Quotes
- His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.
- It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty…
- I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.
- When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.
- Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
- Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.
- To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins.
- My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.
- In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.
- It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.
- Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.