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Nikita Khrushchev: You must acknowledge that I come from the working class, while you were born to a family of the bourgeoisie.

— Zhou Enlai Attributed

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Notes from Wikiquote

As quoted in 15 Years After Zhou's Death, His Image Is Larger Than Life, The New York Times, Nicholas D. Kristof, 1991-02-03

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Each of us is a traitor to his class.

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