John Philpot Curran Quotes

• Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.

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• But as in wailing there’s nought availing, And Death unfailing will strike the blow, Then for that reason, and for a season, Let us be merry before we go.

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• It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.

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• Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

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• When I can’t talk sense, I talk metaphor.

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• The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

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• My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.

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• In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.

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• I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.

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• His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.

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• Evil prospers when good men do nothing.

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• Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.

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Birth:	24th July, 1750
Death:	14th October, 1817
Nationality:	Irish
Profession:	Politician

About

John Philpot Curran was born in Newmarket, County Cork, Ireland. He was an Irish politician and lawyer. He studied law at Trinity College, Dublin and continued his legal studies at King's Inns and the Middle Temple. He was called to the Irish bar in 1775. He served as Member of Parliament for Kilbeggan (1783-1790), for Rathcormack (1790-1798), and for Banagher (1800-1801). He was appointed Master of the Rolls in Ireland in 1806, following Pitt's replacement by a more liberal cabinet.

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