This is an inevitable and easily recognizable stage in every revolutionary movement: reformers must expect to be disowne — Doris Lessing
This is an inevitable and easily recognizable stage in every revolutionary movement: reformers must expect to be disowne — Doris Lessing
This is an inevitable and easily recognizable stage in every revolutionary movement: reformers must expect to be disowne — Doris Lessing
This is an inevitable and easily recognizable stage in every revolutionary movement: reformers must expect to be disowne — Doris Lessing
This is an inevitable and easily recognizable stage in every revolutionary movement: reformers must expect to be disowne — Doris Lessing
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This is an inevitable and easily recognizable stage in every revolutionary movement: reformers must expect to be disowned by those who are only too happy to enjoy what has been won for them.

— Doris Lessing
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