Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people

Heinrich Heine
Where they burn books, at the end they also burn...
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You will not be able to burn all the books in the world. What you will end up burning is people. Like books, people can be dangerous if they are not treated with respect. So burn their bodies and the fire of their souls instead.

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