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... totalitarianism never take account of this fact . All such arguments boil down to saying that half a loaf is the same as no bread . In England such concepts as justice , liberty truth are still believed in . and objective They may be ...
... totalitarianism never take account of this fact . All such arguments boil down to saying that half a loaf is the same as no bread . In England such concepts as justice , liberty truth are still believed in . and objective They may be ...
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... totalitarianism . There is not much freedom of speech in England ; therefore there is no more than exists in Germany . To be on the dole is a horrible experience ; therefore it is no worse to be in the torture - chambers of the Gestapo ...
... totalitarianism . There is not much freedom of speech in England ; therefore there is no more than exists in Germany . To be on the dole is a horrible experience ; therefore it is no worse to be in the torture - chambers of the Gestapo ...
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... totalitarianism . To decide that one would have to have access to absolute standards . The only question that matters is where one's real sympathies will lie when the pinch comes . The intellectuals who are so fond of balancing ...
... totalitarianism . To decide that one would have to have access to absolute standards . The only question that matters is where one's real sympathies will lie when the pinch comes . The intellectuals who are so fond of balancing ...
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