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... if the production of any commodity necessitates the sacrifice of human life, society should do without that commodity, but itcan not do without that life.

Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman
Age: 70 †
Born: 1869
Born: June 27
Died: 1940
Died: May 14
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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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