Equal Opportunity Quotes
Sometimes falsely attributed to Jordan B. Peterson (even though he credits Solzhenitsyn).
Vladimir Lenin. This is a classic Lenninism where he argues that the basic principles of Communism solve all problems. He never explains how the abolition of private property would lead to female freedom and independence. Nor is this point argued by other Marxist advocates. It was an almost knee-jerk opportunistic reaction not unlike modern conservatives for whom lower taxes are the cure for all ills. The fact that married women were considered the private property of their husbands was amenable to much less drastic solutions than the elimination of private property. Indeed, we have simply abolished wives from the property class and left other property private.
He was reacting to the racial claims of Adolph Hitler in German
This appears to be the earliest use of the phrase Lincoln later made famous in the Gettysburg Address.
