What we are confronted with now is a growing perception that if we des…

George Bernard Shaw
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What we are confronted with now is a growing perception that if we desire a certain type of civilization and culture we must exterminate the sort of people who do not fit into it. ✨ Dan Laurence, George Bernard Shaw (1999). Plays Political: The Apple Cart, On the Rocks, Geneva, p.126, Penguin UK
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