A Quote by Jane Jacobs

Advanced cultures are usually sophisticated enough, or have been sophisticated enough at some point in their pasts, to realize that foxes shouldn't be relied on to guard henhouses.

Jane Jacobs

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Jane Jacobs
American - Sociologist
May 1, 1916 - April 25, 2006

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