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Liberalism has merely cleared a field in which every soul and every…
Quote byGeorge Santayana · 1863–1952
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922), "The Irony of Liberalism".
English (original)
Liberalism has merely cleared a field in which every soul and every corporate interest may fight with every other for domination. Whoever is victorious in this struggle will make an end of liberalism; and the new order, which will deem itself saved, will have to defend itself in the following age against a new crop of rebels.
— George Santayana
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