She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners.
AGNES SMEDLEYTo die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.
More Agnes Smedley Quotes
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But here in New York I was ignorant, insignificant, unimportant–one in millions whose destiny concerned no one. New York did not even know of my existence. Nor did it care.
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There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also.
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The highest joy is to fight by the side of those who for any reason of their own making or ours, are unable to develop to full human stature.
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I joined another circle and the leader gave us a little leaflet in very small print, asking us to read it carefully and then come prepared to ask questions.
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No one yet knows what a man’s province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial.
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Subjection of any kind and in any place is beneath the dignity of man.
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But there were years when, in search of what I thought was better, nobler things I denied these, my people, and my family.
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The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories.
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When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of force, of physical force, was dominant.
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There are many men – such as those often to be found among the Indians – who are refined until they have qualities often attributed to the female sex. Yet they are men, and strong ones.
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More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England’s back forever and free Europe itself.
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But I see no reason why a woman should not grow and develop in all those outlets which are suited to her nature, it matters not at all what they may be.
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Always before I had felt like a person, an individual, hopeful that I could mold my life according to some desire of my own.
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Everybody calls everybody a spy, secretly, in Russia, and everybody is under surveillance. You never feel safe.
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Gambling in the mark has been the great indoor sport of the capitalists for months, and consequently food has increased by 25 to 100 per cent.
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