The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.

quote by Friedrich Engels
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The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist.

quote by Friedrich Engels
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