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And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express

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Wilhelm Reich
Age: 60 †
Born: 1897
Born: March 24
Died: 1957
Died: November 3
Academic
Philosopher
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Sex Educator
Writer
Every
Finally
Courage
Within
Lying
Individual
Truth
Oppressed
Must
Hasn
Feels
Express

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Because you have no memory for things that happened ten or twenty years ago, you're still mouthing the same nonsense as two thousand years ago. Worse, you cling with might and main to such absurdities as 'race,' 'class,' 'nation,' and the obligation to observe a religion and repress your love.
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