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“After the revolution you have the problem of keeping things going, of sorting out all the different views. It's quite natural that revolutionaries should have different solutions, that they should split into different groups and then reform, that's the dialectic, isn't it - but at the same time they need to be united against the enemy, to solidify a new order.”

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John Lennon, born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, and died on December 8, 1980. He was a founding member of the iconic rock band The Beatles, known for his unique musical talent and his advocacy for peace and anti-war ideas. more

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