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The reward in heaven is the perpetual bait, a bait that has caught man in an iron net, a strait-jacket which does not let him expand or grow.
Emma Goldman
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Emma Goldman
Age: 70 †
Born: 1869
Born: June 27
Died: 1940
Died: May 14
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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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Success achieved by the most contemptible means cannot but destroy the soul. ... It helps to cover up the inner corruption and gradually dulls one's scruples, so that those who begin with some high ambition cannot, even if they would, create anything out of themselves.
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What a strange development of patriotism that turns a thinking being into a loyal machine!
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If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
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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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In modern capitalism economic exploitation rather than political oppression is the real enemy of the people.
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Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.
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