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Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all people are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all people and all countries - not until then shall we, with a certain degree of justification, be able to speak of humankind as civilized.

Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all people are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all people and all countries - not until then shall we, with a certain degree of justification, be able to speak of humankind as civilized.

Approximate author period: c. 1917 AD · modern

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Albert Einstein
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Approximate author period: c. 1917 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1879 to 1955; Wikidata Q937, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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