| "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." »George Bernard Shaw |
| "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." »Samuel Johnson |
| "A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel." »Heywood Broun |
| "Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel." »Henry Louis Mencken |
| "Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. But let it be considered that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak of self- interest." »Samuel Johnson |
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