Do you know that the tendrils of graft and corruption have become mighty interlacing roots so that even … - Agnes Sligh Turnbull

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It's quite easy to make a load of people laugh, it's often a reflex action, but I think to make them cry is harder without manipulating them.

Agnes Sligh Turnbull

Do you know that the tendrils of graft and corruption have become mighty interlacing roots so that even men who would like to be honest are tripped and trapped by them?

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I think we foreshorten our own viewpoint if we consider any state of mind, or society, or government as final. Growth and change! We can't get away from them.

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