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> [If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men can be found who stand aloof and almost alone in their determination to work for good rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/if-in-the-present-chaotic-and-shameful-struggle-for-existence-when/)

[Lucy Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-parsons/)

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> [If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men can be found who stand aloof and almost alone in their determination to work for good rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/if-in-the-present-chaotic-and-shameful-struggle-for-existence-when-2/)

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## More by Lucy Parsons

> [Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/never-be-deceived-that-the-rich-will-allow-you-to-vote-away-their/)

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> [We must devastate the avenues where the wealthy live](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/we-must-devastate-the-avenues-where-the-wealthy-live/)

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> [If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/if-in-the-present-chaotic-and-shameful-struggle-for-existence-when/)

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> [If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/if-in-the-present-chaotic-and-shameful-struggle-for-existence-when-2/)

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> [The coming change can only come through a revolution, because the possessing class will not allow a peaceful change to take place; still we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/the-coming-change-can-only-come-through-a-revolution-because-the/)

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> [“Never since the days of the Spartan Helots has history recorded such brutality as has been ever since the war and as is now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/never-since-the-days-of-the-spartan-helots-has-history-recorded-such/)

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> [Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in vote begging,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/anarchists-know-that-a-long-period-of-education-must-precede-any/)

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> [Can you not see that it is the INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM and not the boss which must be changed?.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/can-you-not-see-that-it-is-the-industrial-system-and-not-the-boss/)

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> [Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in vote begging,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/anarchists-know-that-a-long-period-of-education-must-precede-any-2/)

[Lucy Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-parsons/)

> [Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to develop, to live naturally and fully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/anarchism-has-but-one-infallible-unchangeable-motto-freedom-freedom/)

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> [Strike not for a few cents more an hour, because the price of living will be raised faster still, but strike for all you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/strike-not-for-a-few-cents-more-an-hour-because-the-price-of-living/)

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> [Let every dirty, lousy tramp arm himself with a revolver or a knife, and lay in wait on the steps of the palaces of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/let-every-dirty-lousy-tramp-arm-himself-with-a-revolver-or-a-knife/)

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> [So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses have their root in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/so-many-able-writers-have-shown-that-the-unjust-institutions-which/)

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> [Concentrated power can be always wielded in the interest of the few and at the expense of the many. Government in its last analysis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/concentrated-power-can-be-always-wielded-in-the-interest-of-the-few/)

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> [Oh, Misery, I have drunk thy cup of sorrow to its dregs, but I am still a rebel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/oh-misery-i-have-drunk-thy-cup-of-sorrow-to-its-dregs-but-i-am-still/)

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