I was ashamed of them and their ways of life. But now – yes, I love them; they are a part of my blood; they, with all their virtues and their faults, played a great part in forming my way of looking at life.
AGNES SMEDLEYMore and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England’s back forever and free Europe itself.
More Agnes Smedley Quotes
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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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I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be.
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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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So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital.
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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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Friendship is far more human.
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It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.
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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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New York was a new and strange world. Vast, impersonal, merciless.
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To die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.
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I would not let it ruin me as it ruined others! I would speak only with money, hard money.
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I feel like a person living on the brink of a volcano crater.
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In the little hall leading to it was a rack holding various Socialist or radical newspapers, tracts, and pamphlets in very small print and on very bad paper.
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Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a 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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