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After I asked him [a student] what he meant, he replied that freedom consisted of the unimpeded right to get rich, to use his ability, no matter what the cost to others, to win advancement. No decent society can tolerate that definition.
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"A Legacy for the Young from Norman Thomas", Life Magazine, Mar 14, 1969

 

Norman Thomas

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