There is nothing more corrupting than compromise. One step in that direction calls for another, makes it necessary and compelling, and soon it swamps… - Alexander Berkman

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There is nothing more corrupting than compromise. One step in that direction calls for another, makes it necessary and compelling, and soon it swamps you with the force of a rolling snowball become a landslide.

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About Alexander Berkman

Alexander Berkman (November 21, 1870 – June 28, 1936) was a prominent Lithuanian Jewish anarchist, and a close associate of Emma Goldman. His adult life was largely spent in the United States, Germany and France.

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Native Name: Александр Осипович Беркман
Alternative Names: Owsei Ossipowitsch Berkman Alexandre Berkman

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Think it over and see if it is not the law itself, the government which really creates crime by compelling people to live in conditions that make them bad. See how law and government uphold and protect the biggest crime of all, the mother of all crimes, the capitalistic wage system, and then proceeds to punish the poor criminal.

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