The Soul-Winner (1895)
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 342.
“The portions of a woman which appeal to man's depravity
Are constructed with considerable care.”
"Lines on a Book Borrowed from the Ship's Doctor", A. P. H.: His Life and Times (1970).
The Queen v. Justices of County of London, &c. (1893), L. R. 2 Q. B. 492.
Speech at the American Enterprise Institute http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/21/cheney_obama_keeping_america_safe_96615.html (21 May, 2009)
2000s, 2009
Sometimes attributed to Penn, this is actually from a document Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/organic/1677-cnj.htm (13 March 1677)
Misattributed
"Graphology" http://skepdic.com/graphol.html, The Skeptic's Dictionary
The Man in the High Castle (1962)
“An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.”
On Democracy (6 October 1884)
“When even the dictators of today appeal to reason, they mean that they possess the most tanks.”
Source: "The End of Reason" (1941), p. 28.
Context: When even the dictators of today appeal to reason, they mean that they possess the most tanks. They were rational enough to build them; others should be rational enough to yield to them.
“Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding.”
