Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.
Nadine GordimerAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: south african
- Born: November 20, 1923
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