Bootleggers Quotes

“Drinking was a great leveller, not because it made everyone equally drunk but because it made everyone equally guilty.”
― Sarah Churchwell, Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby by Churchwell, Sarah (2014) Paperback

“BOOTLEGGERS AND BAPTISTS, n. A phenomenon in economics in which two
groups with seemingly opposing interests join forces to support something
that benefits them both. In private, profit-oriented schools, the effect emerges
when principals and paying parents work in teams to tell tough teachers to
re-grade poorly performing pupils.”
― Jonas Koblin, The Unschooler's Educational Dictionary: A Lighthearted Introduction to the World of Education and Curriculum-Free Alternatives