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To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.
Simone Weil
Simone Weil
Simone Weil
Born: Feb 3, 1909
Died: Aug 24, 1943

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Tyranny, Every, Defined, Kind, Neither, Morality, Open, Conceived, Nor, Up, Door, Which, Public, Notion, Standard, Set

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