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Revolution is but thought carried into action.

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The greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism.

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The most violent element in society is ignorance...

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If I can't dance I don't want to be in your revolution.

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Out of the chaos the future emerges in harmony and beauty.

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Sooner or later, the American people are going to wake up.

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Pettiness separates; breadth unites. Let us be broad and big.

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Nothing satisfies the craving of most women so much as scandal.

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No real social change has ever come about without a revolution.

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The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

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Conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.

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Lack of fairness to an opponent is essentially a sign of weakness.

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Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open.

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Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.

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Politicians promise you heaven before election and give you hell after

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Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name!

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The function of militarism is to kill. It cannot live except through murder.

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The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather, Understand one another.

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There is no such thing as a good government. There never was. There can't be.

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Democracy must first be safe for America before it can be safe for the world.

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The majority cares little for ideals and integrity. What it craves is display.

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Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.

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It is organized violence on top which creates individual violence at the bottom.

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Let us not overlook vital things, because of the bulk of trifles confronting us.

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To call the State an organism shows a diseased tendency to make a fetish of words.

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Salvation lies in an energetic march onward towards a brighter and clearer future.

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I may be arrested, I may be tried and thrown into jail, but I never will be silent.

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There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.

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The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.

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The more hideous the mental contortions, the greater the delight and bravos of the mass.

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