Mankind doesn't grant itself anything — that is why it has invented the law. It isn't allowed for him so it shouldn't be allowed for others. Kurt Tucholsky

Mankind doesn't grant itself anything — that is why it has invented the law. It isn't allowed for him so it shouldn't be allowed for others.

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