"External conditions can, to a certain extent,..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
External conditions can, to a certain extent, reduce, but never cancel individual repsonsibility.
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“We must dedicate our lives to drying up the source of war: ammunition factories.”
“Mysticism is in fact the only criticism people cannot level against my theory.”
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