“Socialists do not propose to substitute the domination of society by one privileged class for that of another. They seek to abolish class distinctions altogether. The abolition of classes is fundamental to the Socialist conception of society.”

— Clement Attlee

The Labour Party in Perspective (Left Book Club, 1937), p. 145.
1930s

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Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1883–1967

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“Socialists do not propose to substitute the domination of society by one privileged class for that of another. They seek to abolish class distinctions altogether. The abolition of classes is fundamental to the Socialist conception of society.”

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