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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes: Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. Aesop It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
         

Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. Aesop It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.


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Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. Aesop It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
         



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