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Carl Schmitt - Liberalism, with its contradictions and...
Liberalism, with its contradictions and compromises, existed for Donoso Cortés only in that short interim period in which it was possible to answer the question "Christ or Barabbas?” with a proposal to adjourn or appoint a commission of investigation. (Carl Schmitt)

Liberalism, with its contradictions and compromises, existed for Donoso Cortés only in that short interim period in which it was possible to answer the question "Christ or Barabbas?” with a proposal to adjourn or appoint a commission of investigation.

Carl Schmitt

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