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> [“The values of commodities are directly as the times of labour employed in their production, and are inversely as the productive powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/the-values-of-commodities-are-directly-as-the-times-of-labour/)

[Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/)

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> [“But this proportion must in every nation be regulated by two different circumstances: first, by the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-smith/but-this-proportion-must-in-every-nation-be-regulated-by-two/)

[Adam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-smith/)

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> [The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-zetkin/the-capitalists-speculate-on-the-two-following-factors-the-female/)

[Clara Zetkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-zetkin/)

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