A Quote by Robert D. Kaplan
Prostitution, black marketeering, and informing on ones neighbors and friends all had such a deep-rooted tradition in Romania that there was a charming naturalness and innocence about it.
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I know that everything essential and great originated from the fact that the human being had a homeland and was rooted in tradition.
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