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> [“The Irish were poor, but not enslaved. He had come here to hack away at the ropes that held American slavery in place. Sometimes it withered him just to keep his mind steady. He was aware that the essence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colum-mccann/the-irish-were-poor-but-not-enslaved-he-had-come-here-to-hack-away-at/)

[Colum McCann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colum-mccann/)

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> [Poor and free rather than rich and enslaved. Of course, men want to be both rich and free, and this is what leads them at times to be poor and enslaved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/poor-and-free-rather-than-rich-and-enslaved-of-course-men-want-to-be/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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