Think how different human societies would be if they were based on lov…

Mortimer Adler
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Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.
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Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.

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