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“We want the accursed foreclosure system wiped out.... We will stand by our homes and stay by our firesides by force if necessary, and we will not pay our debts to the loan-shark companies until the government pays its debts to us.”

Quote by Mary Elizabeth Lease

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Mary Elizabeth Lease

Mary Elizabeth Lease, born on September 11, 1850, in Kansas, USA, and died on October 29, 1933. She was a writer known for her activities in the fields of women's rights and farmers' rights. more

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