Quotes by John Curran

• It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.
• When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.
• My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.
• In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.
• His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.
• Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
• The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
• I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.