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More pernicious than the power of a dictator is that of a class the most terrible - the tyranny of a majority.

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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Peace Activist
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