On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:02:02 -0700, Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net>
wrote:

>In article
><gjp2h39t8urceedco57icse7j5i12b15nv@4ax.com>,
> Lester Zick <dontbother@nowhere.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:11:13 -0700, Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >In article
>> ><lk9vg39lkrvc6r2qvq3b1u16ble4mndft5@4ax.com>,
>> > Lester Zick <dontbother@nowhere.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:59:09 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> >> <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Lester Zick wrote:
>> >
>> >[...]
>> >
>> >> >> I know. But it's the best I could do at your level.
>> >> >
>> >> > Be careful, or you'll give yourself a hernia while trying to reach
>> >> >that high.
>> >>
>> >> Patriotism being the last resort of scoundrels.
>> > ^^^^^^
>> > refuge
>>
>> ^^^^^
>>
>> Even scoundrels need a last resort.
>
>You did not look up the quotation, even after I posted a correction.
>The corrected phrase above remains a misquotation.
>Do you know who wrote the line?

Obviously, Michael A. Terrell wrote the line.

John