Jean-Jacques Dessalines quotes
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“I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy”
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Source : Abbie Hoffman (2009). “Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial”, Da Capo Press
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“Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought”
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“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
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“The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks”
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“I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.”
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