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The more hideous the mental contortions, the greater the delight and bravos of the mass.
Emma Goldman
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Emma Goldman
Age: 70 †
Born: 1869
Born: June 27
Died: 1940
Died: May 14
Anarchist
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Ask for work. If they don't give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread.
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The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land.
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If they do not give you work, demand bread. If they deny you both, take bread. It is your sacred right!
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all government, whatever its forms or pretenses, is a dead weight that paralyzes the free spirit and activities of the masses.
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Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.
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