Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple,… - Graham Greene

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Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.

Graham Greene

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Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English novelist, playwright, short story writer, travel writer and critic whose works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world.

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