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A person who does not concern himself with politics has already made the political choice he was so anxious to spare himself: he is serving the ruling party.

Wer sich nicht mit Politik befaßt, hat die politische Parteinahme, die er sich sparen möchte, bereits vollzogen: er dient der herrschenden Partei.

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