It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost, and at any risk to the rest of the community.
Thorstein VeblenThe first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like to believe.
Thorstein VeblenIn order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth.
Thorstein Veblen