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Agnes Smedley quotes

American Journalist February 23, 1892 – May 6, 1950

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Yet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you. And a fascinating person who loves you and won't hear of anything but your loving him and living right by his side through all eternity! Agnes Smedley
...we live this one brief and precious hour called Life; ...it is not in keeping with the nobility of existence to keep other human being in subjection..."-Agnes Smedley in Daughter of Earth Agnes Smedley
Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster. Agnes Smedley
I have no country...my countrymen are the men and women who work against oppression- it does not matter where they are. With them I feel at home- we understand each other. Others are foreign to me." -Agnes Smedley in Daughter of Earth Agnes Smedley
Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys. Agnes Smedley
My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners. Agnes Smedley
Thousands of women are crushed and made inarticulate by that system and never develop as their natures would force them to develop were they in a decent environment. Agnes Smedley
More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international. Agnes Smedley
So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital. There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also. Agnes Smedley
Agnes Smedley quote: "When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of..."
When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of force, of physical force, was dominant. Agnes Smedley
But he like my mother, had certainly come to know that those who work the most do not make the most money. It was the fault of the rich, it seemed, but just how he did not know. Agnes Smedley
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. Agnes Smedley
And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help. Agnes Smedley
In one hotel, the maid who built the fire fainted in our room. Exhaustion was the cause. We talked with her later and learned that she worked 17 hours a day and makes 95 marks a month - about 50 cents. Agnes Smedley
For months it seemed that a revolution was certain. But instead, slavery seems more likely now. The working class no longer has the physical resistance for a revolution, and the Entente is too strong, and Russia is too weak. Agnes Smedley

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