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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 36871 |
| QUOTATION: | I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | James Russell Lowell (1819–91), U.S. poet, editor. Letter, March 4, 1873. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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