Quote#Freedom
Liberty is an empty sound as long as you are kept in bondage…
Quote byAlexander Berkman · 1870–1936
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: What Is Communist Anarchism? (1929), Chapter 14: "The February Revolution"..
English (original)
Liberty is an empty sound as long as you are kept in bondage economically.
— Alexander Berkman
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