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> [I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/i-venture-to-prophesy-that-there-lies-before-us-a-bitter-and-an-evil/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

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> [The destruction of the personality is the great evil of the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-key/the-destruction-of-the-personality-is-the-great-evil-of-the-time/)

[Ellen Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-key/)

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> [“The gross evil of our time defies all labels.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/the-gross-evil-of-our-time-defies-all-labels/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

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> [I see in Communism the focus of the concentrated evil of our time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whittaker-chambers/i-see-in-communism-the-focus-of-the-concentrated-evil-of-our-time/)

[Whittaker Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whittaker-chambers/)

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> [Nonviolence is the answer for the questions of our time. Love will conquer evil every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-f-twyman/nonviolence-is-the-answer-for-the-questions-of-our-time-love-will/)

[James F. Twyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-f-twyman/)

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> [I also feel that if you were evil, then next time around you would be very good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-velasquez/i-also-feel-that-if-you-were-evil-then-next-time-around-you-would-be/)

[Patricia Velasquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-velasquez/)

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> [I'm not sure everybody agrees with me. I guess a lot of people don't. We are living in a time that's as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/i-m-not-sure-everybody-agrees-with-me-i-guess-a-lot-of-people-don-t/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [It is an evil time but it is a complex time because we do not have uniforms standing in front of us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/it-is-an-evil-time-but-it-is-a-complex-time-because-we-do-not-have/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [We find the vast majority of people in every country believing that there will be a time when this world will become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/we-find-the-vast-majority-of-people-in-every-country-believing-that/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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