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The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists.

Walter Ulbricht

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Walter Ulbricht
Age: 80 †
Born: 1893
Born: June 30
Died: 1973
Died: September 1
German Politician
Politician
Resistance Fighter
Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht
Everyone
Profits
Needs
Capitalist
Earn
Goods
Principle
Profit
Capitalists
Principles
Manufacture
Rather
Guiding

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