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religion and morality are a much better whip to keep people in submission than even the club and the gun.
Emma Goldman
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Emma Goldman
Age: 70 †
Born: 1869
Born: June 27
Died: 1940
Died: May 14
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I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made.
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Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society.
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