A Quote by Heywood Broun

A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.

Heywood Broun

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First Objection Refuge Scoundrel Technical

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Heywood Broun
American - Journalist
December 7, 1888 - December 18, 1939

The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Charles P. Kindleberger

In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.

Roger Scruton

A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.

Erica Jong

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

Do not mistake your objection to defeat for an objection to fighting, your objection to being a slave for an objection to slavery, your objection to not being as rich as your neighbor for an objection to poverty. The cowardly, the insubordinate, and the envious share your objections.

George Bernard Shaw

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!

Michael Crichton

Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Boies Penrose

Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.

Mark Twain

Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings.

Bob Dylan

Those who believe patriotism to be the last refuge of the scoundrel have underestimated compassion.

Emmett Tyrrell

What every Englishman thinks about patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Coco Chanel

I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.

George Galloway

When Dr. Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform.

Roscoe Conkling

They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.

Bob Dylan

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.