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There is no tenet so monstrous but in some breast it will find lodgment.
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Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “There is no tenet so monstrous but in some breast it will find lodgment.”
Editor's note · Context
This quote suggests that even the most outrageous ideas can find acceptance in people's minds.
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