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“A revolution is not a dinner party [...] A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.” quote by Mao Zedong — Download Open image

“A revolution is not a dinner party [...] A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”

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“By the time they're out of preschool, most children have already seen thousands of acts of violence.”

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The introduction of numbers as coordinates by reference to the particular division scheme of the open one-dimensional continuum is an act of violence whose…

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“He wished he understood where they come from: all the terrorists, religious revolutionists and hate-criminals. Did terrorizing entire communities of people help them sleep sound at night? Did it make them happy? Or are they just in for the attention? Have they nothing to lose? Or are they simply bored and spit balling issues that have always been there? Can…

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