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Does anyone know the origin of the title for this post?
Posted by Rand Simberg at January 14, 2003 07:01 PM
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Are you referring to the "not one penny" quote ("Millions for defense, not one penny for tribute!")?
If so, it is attributed to Charles C. Pinkney, during the "XYZ Affair" on a mission to France in 1796 during which three agents of the French government (designated M. X, Y, and Z) demanded a bribe for the French Foreign minister, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. Apparently Pinkney didn't actually say the phrase "Millions for defense, sir, but not one cent for tribute," but did exclaim "No! No! Not a sixpence!" at one point in the negotiations.
Posted by R. Adams at January 14, 2003 07:36 PM
Hmmm...I had in memory that it was the US Consul General to France (Mr. Pinckney?) regarding the Barbary Coast pirates, circa 1804 or so. I cannot find an online source either way at the moment, and frankly at this time of night I'm not heading for my history books.
Posted by Jeff Medcalf at January 14, 2003 09:03 PM
Nope, keep trying (though it's possible that the one that I have in mind derived his quote from those...)
Posted by Rand Simberg at January 14, 2003 09:25 PM
Our favorite fleecer, Senator Proxmire, to Gerry O'Neill.
Posted by Grizz at January 14, 2003 09:49 PM
Bingo!
Posted by Rand Simberg at January 14, 2003 10:02 PM
Your all wrong we all know it was an evil intoxicated rightwing whitehouse operative that said that "off the record" to a prozac accdicted unemployed CNN reporter.
LOL!
Posted by Dr. Clausewitz at January 15, 2003 03:42 PM
robert harper?
Posted by guy at April 27, 2005 06:11 PM
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