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"Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners."
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"It takes all sorts of people to make a world, as I've often heard, but I think there are some who could be spared,' Anne told her reflection in the east gable mirror that night."
"Your water is in the bottles, and my water is in the bucket, but we are brothers? I am collecting garbage, and you are in the bed, but we are sisters? My fingers are broken, and your hands are so soft, but we are family? Your God is like an angel, and my God is like an evil, but we are equal? My stomach is empty, and your stomach is so big, but we are humans?"
"PLEASE and THANK YOU...two polite phrases which are slowly disappearing from our vocabulary."
"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."
"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"
"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."
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"Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps."
"The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness."
"It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws."
"While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State."
"If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism."
"There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel."
"Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing."
"A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution."
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