If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
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