WIST - Sevareid, Eric | "A New Kind of Leadership," speech, Conference on Vision Care, Washington, DC (26 Apr 1974)

No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide. For more discussion of this and other closely parallel quotations, see: There Are Only Nine Meals Between Mankind and Anarchy – Quote Investigator.

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