An individual declares himself a member of some group or other with the goal of demanding in its name what he is ashamed to claim in his own name. (Nicolás Gómez Dávila)

An individual declares himself a member of some group or other with the goal of demanding in its name what he is ashamed to claim in his own name.

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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