Quote by Simone Weil
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous t

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. – Simone Weil

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When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder. – Simone Weil

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Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else. – Simone Weil

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It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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