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1750–1817 Ireland
John Philpot Curran (24 July 1750 – 14 October 1817) was an Irish orator, politician, wit, and lawyer renowned for employing his skills in defence of civil and political liberty.
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"In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man."
"His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin."
"If sadly thinking, with spirits sinking
"My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night."
"Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot."
"When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor."
Judge: (whose wig was awry, to Curran) Curran, do you see anything ridiculous in this wig?
An emerald set in the ring of the sea
"Twenty four millions of people have burst their chains, and on the altar erected by despotism for public slavery, have enthroned the image of public liberty" – Speaking of the French Revolution, 4 February 1790.
"Evil prospers when good men do nothing." (Also attributed to Edmund Burke; the quote cannot be definitely traced to either man.)
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