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Any Revolutionary Agitation Exacts Enormous Sacrifices, Not So Much In Terms Of Prison Sentences And Years Of Incarceration - Which Have Been Raining Down By The Hundreds Of Years Annually - As In Terms Of The Manifold Personal Sacrifices Sustained By Those Who Commit Themselves To Revolutionary Agitation.

-Peter Kropotkin

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Any Revolutionary Agitation Exacts Enormous Sacrifices, Not

Peter Kropotkin

Any Revolutionary Agitation Exacts Enormous Sacrifices, Not So Much In Terms Of Prison Sentences And Years Of Incarceration - Which Have Been Raining Down By The Hundreds Of Years Annually - As In Terms Of The Manifold Personal Sacrifices Sustained By Those Who Commit Themselves To Revolutionary Agitation.

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