Albert Einstein Quotes

Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes?

Albert Einstein

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• Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes?

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Society
  • Terrible
  • Individuals