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When deeds speak, words are nothing.

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A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence.

~Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!

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Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak.

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Property is theft.

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I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.

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All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

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The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Economist

Born: January 15th, 1809

Died: January 19th, 1865

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