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In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: January 15
Died: 1865
Died: January 19
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