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Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, a
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"Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children to enter the workshops or handle the plow, and you will thus humble proud traitors"

- Thaddeus Stevens

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This quote by Thaddeus Stevens is a call to action to strip the rich nobility of their extreme wealth and power. He recommends that they ought to be lowered to the same level as the common individuals, and be made to work and labor. He likewise suggests that their kids should be taught to operate in workshops or handle the rake, in order to modest the happy traitors. This quote is a call to action to redistribute wealth and power, and to produce a more fair society. It is a call to challenge the status quo and to create a more simply and fair society. It is a call to challenge the power of the wealthy and to develop a more equivalent society. It is a call to challenge the power of the nobility and to create a more fair society.

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Thaddeus Stevens This quote is written / told by Thaddeus Stevens between April 4, 1792 and August 11, 1868. He was a famous Politician from USA. The author also have 1 other quotes.

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