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title: "4 Held Contempt Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/there-is-no-surer-sign-of-decay-in-a-country-than-to-see-the-rites-of/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [“Q: The Witness is reminded that she may be held in contempt. A: The feeling is mutual.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-brust/q-the-witness-is-reminded-that-she-may-be-held-in-contempt-a-the/)

[Steven Brust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-brust/)

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> [Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-c-goldmark-jr/welfare-is-hated-by-those-who-administer-it-mistrusted-by-those-who/)

[Peter C Goldmark Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-c-goldmark-jr/)

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> [Europeans have always thought of U.S. presidents as either naive, as they did with Jimmy Carter, or as cowboys, as they did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-friedman/europeans-have-always-thought-of-u-s-presidents-as-either-naive-as/)

[George Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-friedman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/george-friedman-7436_carter_europeans-have-always-thought-of-u-s-pre_1702116.png)

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