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Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator. – Percy Wynham Lewis

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People must have righteous principles in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions. – Martin Luther

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In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. – Thomas Jefferson

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