[fwdude]

When people get hit in the pocket book, they wake up.

Even though we'll take the advantage where we can find it, that is the wrong reason for people to wake up. Give them goodies and they'll be singing his praises again the next minute.

Unless a man's decisions are base on principle, everything he does is wrong, even when it is "right."

[laplata]

Unless a man’s decisions are base on principle, everything he does is wrong, even when it is “right.”

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Exactly!