The oppressed are allowed o... by Karl Marx, a German Philosopher

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“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”

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Karl Marx

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Name: Karl Marx

Nationality: German

Date of Birth: May 5, 1818

Date of Death: Mar 14, 1883

Profession: Philosopher

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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.

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Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

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Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the science of man will incorporate into itself natural science: there will be one science.

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The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.

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