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"Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people."

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The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs.

— Alexander Woollcott

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The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.

— William Allen White

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