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A politician, he knows that the majority cares little for ideals or integrity. What it craves is display.

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Emma Goldman
Age: 70 †
Born: 1869
Born: June 27
Died: 1940
Died: May 14
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Salvation lies in an energetic march onward towards a brighter and clearer future.
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The inhabitants of the other spots reason in like manner, of course, with the result that from early infancy the mind of the child is provided with blood-curdling stories about the Germans, the French, the Italians, Russians, etc.
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