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Ivan Illich Quotes
The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.
Ivan Illich

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Sociologist Quotes
Category:
American Sociologist Quotes
Date of Birth:
September 4, 1926
Date of Death:
December 2, 2002
Nationality:
American
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