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I would rather, much rather, be illegitimate according to the…

Quote byVoltairine de Cleyre · 1866–1912

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sex Slavery (1890).

English (original)

I would rather, much rather, be illegitimate according to the statutes of men, than illegitimate according to the unchanging law of Nature.

— Voltairine de Cleyre

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