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Despotism Quote by Karl Marx

“The leading princes are the most servile tools of English despotism. . . . The native princes are the stronghold of the present abominable English system.” quote by Karl Marx — Download Open image

“The leading princes are the most servile tools of English despotism. . . . The native princes are the stronghold of the present abominable English system.”

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