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One danger of these fanatical movements is their gradual erosion of conscience and their rationalized eradication of pity. This they justify, and cover up, by pleading "political necessity." In the beginning they take a man of high ideals, through which they attract him. In the end they have degraded him into a monster of cold-blooded heartlessness.

-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience > Chapter 2 : Living in The World > # 568