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Quote by Lucy Parsons

“Can you not see that it is the INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM and not the boss which must be changed?.”

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Lucy Parsons (1853-1942) was a prominent American feminist and socialist activist. She actively participated in labor movements and the women's rights movement, making a profound impact on American social change. more

“I said, "OK, Ammon [Hennacy], I will try that." He said, "You came into the world armed to the teeth. With an arsenal of weapons, weapons of privilege, economic privilege, sexual privilege, racial privilege. You want to be a pacifist, you're not just going to have to give up guns, knives, clubs, hard, angry words, you are going to have lay down the weapons of privilege and go into the world completely disarmed."”

World Want Giving Hard Economic Giving Up Weapons Gun Angry Lays Privilege Clubs Teeth Knives Arsenal Pacifist Angry Words

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“I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get.”

People Bigs Asks Comedy Stores Pet

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“You are about to be told one more time that you are America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they do to valuable natural resources?! Have you seen a strip mine? Have you seen a clear cut in the forest? Have you seen a polluted river? Don't ever let them call you a valuable natural resource! They're going to strip mine your soul. They're going to clear cut your best thoughts for the sake of profit unless you learn to resist, because the profit system follows the path of least resistance and following the path of least resistance is what makes the river crooked!”

“But if it’s true that the only true life I had was the life of my brain, what sense does it make to hand that brain to somebody for eight hours a day for their particular use on the presumption that, at the end of the day, they will give it back in an unmutilated condition? Fat chance!”

Ifs Giving Doe Ends Use Hands Hours Chance Brain Conditions Particular Eight Fats The End Of The Day Presumption True Life

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“May you get more out of life than a cup of tea.”

May Cups Tea Cups Of Tea

Author:Rebecca St. James

“God does not want us to be living in the past, in shame, in fear, or in the future, in worry. He wants us to be living in the present, in now, with Him.”

Want Doe Past Worry Shame Want U Live In The Present Living In The Past

Author:Rebecca St. James

“Faith wouldn't be faith without having to trust what is unseen. That's difficult sometimes, and it's almost easier to put our trust in what is tangible. But God wants us to put one foot in front of the other and just step out on faith.”

Want Sometimes Difficult Steps Feet Fronts Easier Unseen Want U Tangible

Author:Rebecca St. James

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