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Political cynicism, disengagement, democratic decadence -” call it what you will -” is too often an excuse for physical and intellectual laziness.

Political cynicism, disengagement, democratic decadence -” call it what you will -” is too often an excuse for physical and intellectual laziness.
– Matthew Flinders

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