You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and m…

Terry Pratchett
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You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31), p.23, Random House
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You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31), p.23, Random House

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