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I pre-suppose, of course, a reader who is willing to learn something new and therefore to think for himself.

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Karl Marx
Age: 64 †
Born: 1818
Born: May 5
Died: 1883
Died: March 14
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The more of himself man attributes to God, the less he has left in himself.
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You will have to go through 15, 20, 50 years of civil wars and national struggles not only to bring about a change in society but also to change yourselves, and prepare yourselves for the exercise of political power.
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If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.
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