Scoundrels Quotes

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He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for… — William Blake
Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do. — Jean de la Bruyere
I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop. — Michael Caine
I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who has something to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It's not that we don't have enough scoundrels to curse; it's that we don't have enough good men to curse them. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The price of liberty is, always has been, and always will be blood. The person who is not willing to die for his liberty has… — Andrew Ford
Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in… — Thomas Jefferson
Whether or not patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, national security can be the last refuge of the tyrant. — Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe
The tobacco business is a conspiracy against womanhood and manhood. It owes its origin to that scoundrel Sir Walter Raleigh, who was likewise the founder… — John Harvey Kellogg
It is obviously good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. On the other hand, it can be… — Sherman Skolnick
I have no idea what the mind of a lowlife scoundrel is like, but I know what the mind of an honest man is like;… — Abel Hermant
Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel. — H. L. Mencken
The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel. — Charles P. Kindleberger
Some of the craftiest scoundrels that ever walked this earth . . . will gravely jot down in diaries the events of every day, and… — Charles Dickens
Sir, he [Bolingbroke] was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because he had not… — Samuel Johnson
An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an… — Albert Einstein
There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he who worships him is a… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a fool. He who propagates god… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Never trust a man whom you know to have acted like a scoundrel to others, whatever friendliness he may profess to feel towards yourself, however… — Charlie Day
A minority group has 'arrived' only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it. — Carl T. Rowan

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