Any society that produces twice as many lawyers as it does poets and preachers is doomed.

John Fogarty
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The lawyer (or lawyer, or attorney) is a person who practices law. The poet and the preacher are types of people who write and speak about religion and often religious topics. This quote, therefore, means that any society that produces twice as many lawyers as it does poets and preachers is doomed.

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