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title: "3 Solidarity Matter Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Solidarity Matter quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Solidarity Matter sayings and thoughts."
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> [Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/solidarity-is-not-a-matter-of-sentiment-but-a-fact-cold-and-impassive/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

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> [“Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aurora-levins-morales/solidarity-is-not-a-matter-of-altruism-solidarity-comes-from-the/)

[Aurora Levins Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aurora-levins-morales/)

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> [Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aurora-levins-morales/solidarity-is-not-a-matter-of-altruism-solidarity-comes-from-the-2/)

[Aurora Levins Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aurora-levins-morales/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc7/aurora-levins-morales-26827_active_solidarity-is-not-a-matter-of-altruism-s_2935456.jpg)

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