Who said “It is always possible to bind together a considerable number of people in love, so long…”?

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Sigmund Freud. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceCivilization and Its Discontents (1929), Ch. 5, as translated by James Strachey and Anna Freud (1961)

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“It is always possible to bind together a considerable number of people in love, so long as there are other people left over to receive manifestations of their aggressiveness.”
— Sigmund Freud
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Freud, S. (n.d.). It is always possible to bind together a considerable number of people in love, so long as there are other people left over to receive manifestations of their aggressiveness. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38226-it-is-always-possible-to-bind-together-a/

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Freud, Sigmund. “It is always possible to bind together a considerable number of people in love, so long as there are other people left over to receive manifestations of their aggressiveness.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38226-it-is-always-possible-to-bind-together-a/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Freud, Sigmund. “It is always possible to bind together a considerable number of people in love, so long as there are other people left over to receive manifestations of their aggressiveness.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38226-it-is-always-possible-to-bind-together-a/.

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