To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.

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Autobiography and memoir

To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.

Simone de Beauvoir

1960

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Civic duty Political neutrality Politics

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Autobiography and memoir

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1960

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Simone de Beauvoir

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De Beauvoir, Simone. La force de l'âge [The Prime of Life]. Gallimard, 1960.

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