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“Een radicaal is een radicaal. Het maakt niet uit of het een ex-communist is of een ex-wat dan ook. Het is en blijft dezelfde man. Je manier van denken verandert niet omdat die tot een andere conclusie leidt. Je verandert alleen de conclusie. De menselijke natuur. (p.99)”

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