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Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour
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"Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know"

- Walter Benjamin

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Germany Flag This quote is written / told by Walter Benjamin between July 15, 1892 and September 27, 1940. He/she was a famous Critic from Germany. The author also have 29 other quotes.

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