Quote by Emma Goldman
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The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black mans right to his body, or womans right to her soul. – Emma Goldman

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All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves. – Emma Goldman

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Rather would I have the love songs of romantic ages, rather Don Juan and Madame Venus, rather an elopement by ladder and rope on a moonlight night, followed by the fathers curse, mothers moans, and the moral comments of neighbors, than correctness and propriety measured by yardsticks. – Emma Goldman

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History supplies little beyond a list of those who have accommodated themselves with the property of others. – Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary

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Lets be very honest about what this is about. Its not about bashing Democrats, its not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they dont know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up. – Janeane Garofalo

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In Thailands history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed. – Bhumibol Adulyadej

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History is the discipline closest to life; and life is rarely free of contradictions. – Karl J. Weintraub, Visions of Culture

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