The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total ana…

Aldous Huxley
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The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1956). Adonis and the alphabet: and other essays
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