I thought our youth could manage to bear up under a little corrupting - they always have - and if they were corrupted by Communism, they stood a first-rate chance to get over it, whereas if they grew up fools or hypocrites, they would never get over it. (Albert Jay Nock)

I thought our youth could manage to bear up under a little corrupting - they always have - and if they were corrupted by Communism, they stood a first-rate chance to get over it, whereas if they grew up fools or hypocrites, they would never get over it.

Albert Jay Nock

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