![[Humans'] capacity to intervene, to compare, to judge, to decide, to choose, to desist makes them capable of acts of greatness, of dignity, and, at the same time, of the unthinkable in terms of indignity.](/assets/img/quote-photos/humans-capacity-to-intervene-to-compare-to-judge-to-decide-to-choose-to-d.jpg)
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