We have long become overgrown with calluses; we no longer hear people being killed. ("X")

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Nelson Mandela said, "We have long become overgrown with calluses; we no longer hear people being killed." He was referring to the callous and indifferent nature of the world. People had allowed themselves to grow calluses and become hardened. They had become indifferent and unresponsive to the suffering of others.

Source: The Dragon: Fifteen Stories

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