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Herbert Butterfield on Society

1900–1979 England

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But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness—each system only too delighted to find that the other is wicked—each only too glad that the sins give it the pretext for still deeper hatred and animosity.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Herbert Butterfield (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.