Scoundrels Quotes

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

Patriotism is seen not only the last refuge of the scoundrel bus as the first bolt-hole of the hypocrite.

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

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Scoundrels are always sociable.

Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!

Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel.

Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere.

Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings.

I've always believed in the old-fashioned way: When you've got scoundrels in office, you vote 'em out.

It is hardly possible to believe that one is not the greatest scoundrel on earth, when one is assured of it on all sides on such excellent authority.

General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocite, flatterer.

There was once a community of scoundrels, that is to say, they were not scoundrels, but ordinary people.

We like to keep an eye on the rascals.

Truth is irrelevant. What is relevant is whether or not they believe it." The logic in the words grated. "The first rule of scoundrels?

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 hide in the background. I have seen a great deal of patriotism; and I have generally found it the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Human nature is a scoundrel's favorite explanation.

What scoundrels we would be if we did for ourselves what we are ready to do for Italy.

Italians are a riffraff of desperate scoundrels, ex-convicts and jailbirds.

Whereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.

To be with another woman, that is French. To be caught, that is American.

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.