| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 21612 |
| QUOTATION: | The state is not abolished, it withers away. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Friedrich Engels (18201895), German social philosopher. Anti-Düring, pt. 3, ch. 2 (1878). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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