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“We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.” quote by Pericles — Download Open image

“We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.”

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