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Packard, Vance
1914–97
1914–97
1
The hidden persuaders.
The hidden persuaders.
title of a study of the advertising industry (1957)
Paget, Lord George
1818–80
1818–80
1
As far as it engendered excitement the finest run in Leicestershire could hardly bear comparison.
the second-in-command's view of the charge of the Light Brigade
As far as it engendered excitement the finest run in Leicestershire could hardly bear comparison.
the second-in-command's view of the charge of the Light Brigade
The Light Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea
(1881) ch. 5
Paglia, Camille
1947–
1947–
1
There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.
There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.
in
International Herald Tribune
26 April 1991
Paine, Thomas
1737–1809
1737–1809
1
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again.
Though we have been wise enough to shut and lock a door against absolute Monarchy, we at the same time have been foolish enough to put the crown in possession of the key.
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it
now
, deserves the love and thanks of men and women.
The religion of humanity.
As he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.
on Edmund Burke's losing the debate on the French Revolution to Charles James Fox, in the House of Commons
Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.
The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet laureate.
I compare it to something kept behind a curtain, about which there is a great deal of bustle and fuss, and a wonderful air of seeming solemnity; but when, by any accident, the curtain happens to be open, and the company see what it is, they burst into laughter.
of monarchy
The Minister, whoever he at any time may be, touches it as with an opium wand, and it sleeps obedience.
of Parliament
When, in countries that are called civilized, we see age going to the workhouse and youth to the gallows, something must be wrong in the system of government.
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
A share in two revolutions is living to some purpose.
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again.
The Age of Reason
pt. 2 (1795).
Though we have been wise enough to shut and lock a door against absolute Monarchy, we at the same time have been foolish enough to put the crown in possession of the key.
Common Sense
(1776) ch. 1
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it
now
, deserves the love and thanks of men and women.
The Crisis
(December 1776) introduction
The religion of humanity.
The Crisis
(November 1778)
As he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.
on Edmund Burke's losing the debate on the French Revolution to Charles James Fox, in the House of Commons
Letter to the Addressers on the late Proclamation
(1792)
Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.
The Rights of Man
(1791)
The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet laureate.
The Rights of Man
(1791)
I compare it to something kept behind a curtain, about which there is a great deal of bustle and fuss, and a wonderful air of seeming solemnity; but when, by any accident, the curtain happens to be open, and the company see what it is, they burst into laughter.
of monarchy
The Rights of Man
pt. 2 (1792)
The Minister, whoever he at any time may be, touches it as with an opium wand, and it sleeps obedience.
of Parliament
The Rights of Man
pt. 2 (1792)
When, in countries that are called civilized, we see age going to the workhouse and youth to the gallows, something must be wrong in the system of government.
The Rights of Man
pt. 2 (1792)
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
The Rights of Man
pt. 2 (1792)
A share in two revolutions is living to some purpose.
Eric Foner
Tom Paine and Revolutionary America
(1976) ch. 7
Paisley, Ian
1926–
1926–
1
The mother of all treachery.
on the Good Friday agreement
The mother of all treachery.
on the Good Friday agreement
in
Times
16 April 1998
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