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Probably no agitation has ever attained the magnitude, either in the…
Quote byBenjamin Tucker · 1854–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: State Socialism and Anarchism: How Far They Agree, and Wherin They Differ (1888), ¶ 1.
English (original)
Probably no agitation has ever attained the magnitude, either in the number of its recruits or the area of its influence, which has been attained by Modern Socialism, and at the same time been so little understood and so misunderstood, not only by the hostile and the indifferent, but by the friendly, and even by the great mass of its adherents themselves.
— Benjamin Tucker
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