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Taxes — money that is taken by that big thief called the government.

— Uchiyama Gudō Anarchist Communist Revolution: In Commemoration of Imprisonment (1908)

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Nothing can be realized without sacrifice.

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A superstition is a wrong idea that one holds precious like a sacred thing.

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There is nothing more dangerous than to pass judgment on the basis of fragmentary proof.

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Truth will eventually triumph one day, the light of freedom will doubtlessly and without fail illuminate the whole family and bestow its blessings upon all.

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Everyone should put the elders first in accordance with the customs to treat elders with respect.

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