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Preaching nonviolence on principle reproduces the existing institutionalized violence.
Herbert Marcuse
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Herbert Marcuse
Age: 81 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 19
Died: 1979
Died: July 29
Philosopher
Political Theorist
Sociologist
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Berlin
Germany
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