“The continuous mutual abuse of groups holding differing views, which we witness in the newspapers, will certainly never lead to progress. Abuse convinces no one; it only degrades and brutalizes the abuser. Lies and unjust accusations achieve still less; they often finally boomerang on those who originate them.”
About This Quote
“The Suffering People of Europe.” Nobel Lecture, December 19, 1922.
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