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“Each one of us, as long as life stirs is us, may play a part in extricating ourselves from the power system by asserting our primacy as people in quiet acts of mental or physical withdrawal-in gestures of non-conformity, in abstentions, restrictions, inhibitions, which will liberate us from the domination of the pentagon of power.”

Quote by Lewis Mumford

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Historian and urban planner, known for his influential work on city planning and design, including the seminal work 'The City in History'. more

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