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" The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. "

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" The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. "

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" Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. "

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