The social revolution. . . cannot draw its poetry from the past, but only from the future. It … - Karl Marx

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You will have to look at the tape. Actually, you could burn the tape. It's not even worth looking at. . . We just have to move on to next week. If we just get the next one we will be fine.

Karl Marx

The social revolution. . . cannot draw its poetry from the past, but only from the future. It cannot begin with itself before it has stripped itself of all superstitions concerning the past.

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