Civilization is not measured by monuments, but by the charac... - Léopold Sédar Senghor

This quote is attributed to Léopold Sédar Senghor.

"Civilization is not measured by monuments, but by the character of its people."

Léopold Sédar Senghor Philosophy

President, Poet Senegalese 1906–2001

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