Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed.
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In taking out an insurance policy one pays for it in dollars and cents, always at liberty to discontinue payments. If, however, woman's premium is a husband, she pays for it with her name, her privacy, her self-respect, her very life, until death doth part.Emma Goldman
One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.
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Crime is naught but misdirected energy.
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Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.
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Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.
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The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.
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