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This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo, And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro.

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If the believers in liberty wish the principles of liberty taught, let them never intrust that instruction to any government; for the nature of government is to become a thing apart, an institution existing for its own sake, preying upon the people, and teaching whatever will tend to keep it secure in its seat.

Apart, Government, Nature, People, Teaching, Wish
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Anarchism, to me, means not only the denial of authority, not only a new economy, but a revision of the principles of morality. It means the development of the individual as well as the assertion of the individual. It means self-responsibility, and not leader worship.

Authority, Economy, Mean, Principles, Responsibility, Self

There is no peace now, and there will never be peace, so long as one rules over another.

Anarchy, Long, Peace, Rules

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

Give, Giving, Liberty, Men, Women, Worth

This is what the government is, has always been, the creator and defender of privilege; the organization of oppression and revenge. To hope that it can ever become anything else is the vainest of delusions. They tell you that Anarchy, the dream of social order without government, is a wild fancy. The wildest dream that ever entered the heart of man is the dream that mankind can ever help itself through an appeal to law, or to come to any order that will not result in slavery wherein there is any excuse for government.

Appeal, Dream, Heart, Order, Revenge, Tell

Let every woman ask herself: "Why am I the slave of man? Why is my brain said not to be the equal of his brain? Why is my work notpaid equally with his? Why must my body be controlled by my husband? Why may he take my labor in the household, giving me in exchange what he deems fit? Why may he take my children from me? Will them away while yet unborn?" Let every woman ask.

Children, Giving, Husband, Let, Men, Work
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