Baby Quote by Lewis Mumford

“Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act.” quote by Lewis Mumford — Download Open image

“Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act.”

Lewis Mumford

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