 “A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. — Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant; accommodates itself to the meanest capacities; silences the loud and clamorous, and cringes over the most obstinate and inflexible. — Philip of Macedon was a man of most invincible reason this way. He refuted by it all the wisdom of Athens; confounded their statesmen; struck their orators dumb; and at length argued them out of all their liberties.” - Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English author, politician, publisher, essayist, poet.  Email this quote to a friend!If there is an error in this quote please let us know.
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