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As long as the working-people fold hands and pray the gods in…

Quote byVoltairine de Cleyre · 1866–1912

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: In Defense of Emma Goldman and the Right of Expropriation (1893).

English (original)

As long as the working-people fold hands and pray the gods in Washington to give them work, so long they will not get it.

— Voltairine de Cleyre

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