"Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one. It is itself an economic power."
— Karl Marx

January 1, 1970

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N.B. frequently paraphrased as "Force is the midwife of progress" (e.g. [https://archive.org/details/historicalbasiso00hynd/page/422/mode/2up (footnote), ).