Whether or no it be for the general good, life is robbery. It is at this point that with life morals become acute. The robber requires justification. (Alfred North Whitehead)

Whether or no it be for the general good, life is robbery. It is at this point that with life morals become acute. The robber requires justification.

Alfred North Whitehead

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