It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must …

Margaret Mead
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It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. ✨ Margaret Mead, Rhoda Bubendey Métraux (1979). Margaret Mead, some personal views, Angus & Robertson
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