Deportation, its meaning and menace: Last message to the people of America by Alexander Berkman and Emma GoldmanGoldman, Emma
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Deportation, its meaning and menace: Last message to the people of America by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman
Goldman, Emma
Anarchism; Deportation
Your fate, the fate of the country, is in _your_ hands. Yours is the
mightiest power. There is no strength in the Government, except you give
it. No strength in your masters, except you suffer it. The only true
mastery is in you, the working class, in your power to feed and clothe
the world and make it joyous. The greatest power, for good or evil. Use
it for liberty, for justice. Allow no suppression of the freedom of
thought and speech, for it is a snare for _your_ undoing. Sooner or
later every suppression comes home to labor, for its greater
enslavement. Realize the menace of deportation, of the principle of
banishment and exile. ’Tis the latest method of the American plutocracy
to silence the discontent of the workers. Lose no time. It is of the
most vital importance to you. It threatens you, your union, your very
existence. Take the matter up in your organizations. The fortunes of
labor in America are at stake. Only your united effort can conquer the
peril that menaces you. Take action. Rouse the workers of the whole
country. In union and solidarity, in clear purpose and courage is your
only salvation.
Quotations from American and Foreign Authors Which Would Fall Under the
Criminal Anarchy Law, Espionage Law, Etc.
These authors, distinguished thinkers, philosophers and humanitarians of
world-wide renown would, if still alive and of foreign birth, not be
permitted on American shores if they tried to land here, or, if born
Americans, they would be threatened by deportation to the Island of
Guam.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The man who will not investigate both sides of a question is dishonest.
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The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or
even one hundred defeats.
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The authors of the Declaration of Independence meant it to be a
stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn free
people back into the paths of despotism.
I have always thought that all men should be free, but if any should be
slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and
secondly those who desire it for others.
If there is anything that it is the duty of the whole people never to
intrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and
perpetuity of their own liberties.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
All eyes are opening to the rights of man. The general spread of the
light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth,
that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs,
nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately,
by the grace of God.
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