The condition of our survival in any but the meagerest existence is…

The condition of our survival in any but the meagerest existence is our willingness to accommodate ourselves to the conflicting interests of others, to learn to live in a social world.

Learned Hand

1931

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Political compromise Political theory Man as social animal

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1931

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Learned Hand

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Hand, Learned. Speech to the Yale Law graduates. Graduation cermony. 17 June 1931, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, USA.

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