Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne was a Chicago-based U.S. author, writer and humorist. He published Mr. Dooley in Peace and War, a collection of his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches, in 1898. The fictional Mr. Dooley expounded upon political and social issues of the day from his South Side Chicago Irish pub and he spoke with the thick verbiage and accent of an Irish immigrant. Dunne's sly humor and political acumen won the support of President Theodore Roosevelt, a frequent target of Mr. Dooley's barbs. Indeed Dunne's sketches became so popular and such a litmus test of public opinion that they were read each week at White House cabinet meetings.
“Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.”
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“Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th' ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th' foolish, comforts th' afflicted, afflicts th' comfortable, buries th' dead an' roasts thim aftherward.”
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“The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better -- it is just turning around as usual.”
Finley Peter Dunne
“Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.”
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“The Puritans gave thanks for being preserved from the Indians, and we give thanks for being preserved from the Puritans.”
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“Trust everybody, but always cut the cards.”
Finley Peter Dunne
“Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf.Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure.But th' shelf is th' main thing.”
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