A Quote by Michael Crichton

Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!

Michael Crichton

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Last Refuge Safety Scoundrel

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Michael Crichton
American - Author
October 23, 1942 - November 4, 2008

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

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Boies Penrose

The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Charles P. Kindleberger

Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings.

Bob Dylan

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

Coco Chanel

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

Emmett Tyrrell

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

Erica Jong

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

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but because patriotic fervor can obliterate moral distinctions altogether.

Ralph Barton Perry

Voting is the next-to-last refuge of the politically impotent. The last refuge, of course, is giving your opinion to a pollster.

Neil Postman

I was instructed long ago by a wise editor, "If you understand something you can explain it so that almost anyone can understand it. If you don't, you won't be able to understand your own explanation." That is why 90% of academic film theory is bullshit. Jargon is the last refuge of the scoundrel.