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States only administrate, while democracies govern.

— Abdullah Öcalan The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan (2017)

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The democratic system is at least as important as scientific and technological superiority. Feeding off each other, they both became strong and achieved the status of world civilisation.

Sexism, just as nationalism, is an ideology through which power is generated and nation-states are built. Sexism is not a function of biological differences.

The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan (2017)

When the woman marries, she is in fact enslaved. It is impossible to imagine another institution that enslaves like marriage.

The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan (2017)

There can be no respect for a family that is established on ignorance. In the construction of a democratic civilization, the role of the family is vital.

The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan (2017)

Neither total rejection nor complete recognition of the state is useful for the democratic efforts of civil society. The overcoming of the state, particularly the nation-state, is a long-term process.

The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan (2017)

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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!

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The law itself is the instrument of the ruling class; hence it is a logical impossibility for another class to assume power legally.

Oliver Cox Caste, Class, and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics (1948)

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity.

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