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Vaclav Havel Quotes: The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law.
         

The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law.


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This page presents the quote "The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law.". Author of this quote is Vaclav Havel. This quote is about defense, judging, people, law, lawyer, life, identity,.