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“And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested, not to be on the side of the executioners.”
― A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
― A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
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― The Courage to Be
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― Capital: Volumes One and Two
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