"The majority cares little for ideals or integrity. What it craves is display. [...] The more hideous the mental contortions, the greater the delight and bravos of the mass."
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Emma Goldman, ', Minorities Versus Majorities, 1910, Mother Earth Publishing
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Emma Goldman
1869 – 1940
US-amerikanische Friedensaktivistin, Feministin und Anarchistin
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