Carolina QuotesThe modern Communist, looking upon this world with its interesting distinctions and its prolific rewards and pleasures, may be compared to Satan peering into the Garden.
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
“Life without prejudice,” p. 5.
- work
- Life Without Prejudice (1965)
- year
- 1965
- locator
- p. 5
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