“A man once jumped from the top floor of a burning house in which many members of his family had already perished. He managed to save his life; but as he was falling he hit a person standing down below and broke that person's legs and arms. The jumping man had no choice; yet to the man with the broken limbs he was the cause of his misfortune. If both behaved rationally, they would not become enemies.”
Quote by Isaac Deutscher
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Isaac Deutscher
Isaac Deutscher was a British writer and historian, renowned for his biographies of Karl Marx and Trotsky. Born on April 3, 1907, in Latvia, he passed away on August 19, 1967. Deutscher's work, characterized by its scholarly depth and literary quality, has had a significant impact on the understanding of Marxism and the Russian Revolution. more
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