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Editorial
August 5, 1794
Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A collection of short maxims offering moral and satirical commentary on truth, silence in response to falsehoods, the corrupting nature of power, political ambition, and historical figures like Robespierre and Hamilton.
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MAXIMS.
The best reply to Malevolence and Falshoods is Silence and Contempt.
The public are not so easily gulled as some demagogues imagine!
Falshoods profit no cause whatever
What is true to day will be true to-morrow, for truth is eternal, and "speaks with most miraculous organ,"
" Give men power and you make tyrants of them," keep men from power, and you make Jacobins of them—
The hankering after the loaves and fishes is generally evinced by thunderings like those of Sempronius.
I'll mouth at Hamilton
Until I shake the system,
And then
After what the world has generally thought of Robespierre, one might be tempted to cry out on reading his celebrated Moral Reports, as an eminent christian writer once did of Socrates,
" Oh! Sancta Robespierre, ora pro nobis."*
" * Oh! holy Robespierre pray for us."
The best reply to Malevolence and Falshoods is Silence and Contempt.
The public are not so easily gulled as some demagogues imagine!
Falshoods profit no cause whatever
What is true to day will be true to-morrow, for truth is eternal, and "speaks with most miraculous organ,"
" Give men power and you make tyrants of them," keep men from power, and you make Jacobins of them—
The hankering after the loaves and fishes is generally evinced by thunderings like those of Sempronius.
I'll mouth at Hamilton
Until I shake the system,
And then
After what the world has generally thought of Robespierre, one might be tempted to cry out on reading his celebrated Moral Reports, as an eminent christian writer once did of Socrates,
" Oh! Sancta Robespierre, ora pro nobis."*
" * Oh! holy Robespierre pray for us."
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Moral Or Religious
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Maxims
Truth
Power
Tyranny
Robespierre
Hamilton
Satire
Demagogues
What entities or persons were involved?
Robespierre
Hamilton
Sempronius
Socrates
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Maxims On Truth, Power, And Political Satire
Stance / Tone
Satirical And Moralistic
Key Figures
Robespierre
Hamilton
Sempronius
Socrates
Key Arguments
Best Reply To Malevolence And Falsehoods Is Silence And Contempt
Public Not Easily Gulled By Demagogues
Falsehoods Profit No Cause
Truth Is Eternal
Power Makes Tyrants, Exclusion Makes Jacobins
Ambition Shown By Thunderous Rhetoric
Satirical Critique Of Robespierre's Moral Reports