#inflate

Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs. ↗

— Michael Badnarik

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#caused #crimes #criminals #enter #gang

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that. ↗

— Bill Parcells

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#about #hurt #i #inflated #ones

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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#contracts #criticism #flattery #goes #head