Quote#Politics & Power
No political rights can be of the least use to the man who is…
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)
No political rights can be of the least use to the man who is compelled to slave all his life to keep himself and family from starvation.
— Alexander Berkman
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