Repression by brute force is always a confession of the inability to make use of the better weapons of the intellect - better because they alone give promise of final success. (Ludwig von Mises)

Repression by brute force is always a confession of the inability to make use of the better weapons of the intellect - better because they alone give promise of final success.

Ludwig von Mises

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