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Merrill, Bob
1921–98
1921–98
1
How much is that doggie in the window?
People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.
How much is that doggie in the window?
title of song (1953)
People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.
"People who Need People" (1964 song)
Merritt, Dixon Lanier
1879–1972
1879–1972
1
Oh, a wondrous bird is the pelican!
His beak holds more than his belican.
He takes in his beak
Food enough for a week.
But I'll be darned if I know how the helican.
Oh, a wondrous bird is the pelican!
His beak holds more than his belican.
He takes in his beak
Food enough for a week.
But I'll be darned if I know how the helican.
in
Nashville Banner
22 April 1913
Meslier, Jean
c.
1664–1733
c.
1664–1733
1
An ignorant, uneducated man…said he wished…that all the great men in the world and all the nobility could be hanged, and strangled with the guts of priests.
often quoted "I should like…the last of the kings to be strangled with the guts of the last priest"
An ignorant, uneducated man…said he wished…that all the great men in the world and all the nobility could be hanged, and strangled with the guts of priests.
often quoted "I should like…the last of the kings to be strangled with the guts of the last priest"
Testament
(ed. R. Charles, 1864) vol. 1, ch. 2.
Methodist
Service Book 1975
Service Book 1975
1
I am no longer my own, but yours. Put me to what you will, rank me with whom you will; put me to doing, put me to suffering.
I am no longer my own, but yours. Put me to what you will, rank me with whom you will; put me to doing, put me to suffering.
The Covenant Prayer (based on the words of Richard Alleine in the First Covenant Service, 1782)
Metternich, Prince
1773–1859
1773–1859
1
Italy is a geographical expression.
discussing the Italian question with Palmerston in 1847
Citizens of a dream-world, nothing is altered. On 14 March 1848, there was merely one man fewer.
of his own downfall
Error has never approached my spirit.
Italy is a geographical expression.
discussing the Italian question with Palmerston in 1847
Mémoires, Documents, etc. de Metternich publiés par son fils
(1883) vol. 7
Citizens of a dream-world, nothing is altered. On 14 March 1848, there was merely one man fewer.
of his own downfall
Aus Metternich's Nachgelassenen Papieren
(1880) vol. 8
Error has never approached my spirit.
addressed to Guizot in 1848
Meyer, Anthony
1920–
1920–
1
I question the right of that great Moloch, national sovereignty, to burn its children to save its pride.
speaking against the Falklands War, 1982
I question the right of that great Moloch, national sovereignty, to burn its children to save its pride.
speaking against the Falklands War, 1982
in
Listener
27 September 1990
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