It is possible to imagine a society flushed with such a sense of power that it could afford to let its offenders go unpunished. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

It is possible to imagine a society flushed with such a sense of power that it could afford to let its offenders go unpunished.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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