“In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.”

Unkempt Thoughts (1957), p. 21, http://books.google.com/books?id=NTtiAAAAMAAJ&q;=%22In+a+war+of+ideas+it+is+people+who+get+killed%22&pg;=PA21#v=onepage

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W walce idei giną ludzie.

http://books.google.com/books?id=IjpiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22W+walce+idei+gin%C4%85+ludzie%22&pg=PA98#v=onepage
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

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