"The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.“


-Arnold J. Toynbee

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The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

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