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I die, as I have lived, a free spirit, an Anarchist, owing no allegiance to rulers, heavenly or earthly.
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There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.
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As to the American tradition of non-meddling, Anarchism asks that it be carried down to the individual himself.
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As long as the working-people fold hands and pray the gods in Washington to give them work, so long they will not get it.
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The question of souls is old—we demand our bodies, now. We are tired of promises, god is deaf, and his church is our worst enemy.
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The moonlight rolls down like a river,
The silence streams out like a sea;
And far where the eastern winds quiver,
My farewell goes floating to thee.
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I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one. On that basis it would not, as a matter of policy merely, be an economical institution.
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But the world moves on, and the piteous Earth
Still groans in the monster pain;
And the star that leads me points onward yet,
Though the red drops fall like rain!
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It is better to study how to live rather than how to die;... it is better to have a religion of deeds rather than a religion of creeds;... it is better to work for humanity than for God.
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Private enterprise manages better all that to which it is equal. Anarchism declares that private enterprise, whether individual or cooperative, is equal to all the undertakings of society.
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No one can hate petitions worse than I, and no one has less faith in them than I. But for my champion I am willing to try any means that invades no other's right, even though I have little hope in it.
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Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Robert F. Kennedy
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Born:
November 17, 1866
Died:
June 20, 1912
(aged 45)
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