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The reformer and the politician are both on the wrong track. To try to change men by law is just like trying to change your face by getting a new mir… - Alexander Berkman
" "The reformer and the politician are both on the wrong track. To try to change men by law is just like trying to change your face by getting a new mirror. For men make laws, not laws men. The law merely reflects men as they are, as the mirror reflects your features.
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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
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Alexandre Berkman
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It is not the wrongs and crimes punishable by law that cause the greatest evil in the world. It is the lawful wrongs and unpunishable crimes, justified and protected by law and government, that fill the earth with misery and want, with strife and conflict, with class struggles, slaughter, and destruction.
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