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I don't trust a man who talks about ethics when he is picking my pocket. but if he is acting in his own self-interest and says so, i have usually been able to work out some way to do business with him.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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I Don't Trust A Man Who Talks

Robert A. Heinlein
I don't trust a man who talks about ethics when he is picking my pocket. but if he is acting in his own self-interest and says so, i have usually been able to work out some way to do business with him.
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