"Not only my arrest but the others smack of the Haymarket. The police are very much in disrepute all over the country, and they wish to do something to...

The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed.
~ Emma Goldman ~










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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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