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Samuel "Sam" Fielden was an English-born American Methodist pastor, socialist, anarchist and labor activist who was one of eight convicted in the 1886 Haymarket bombing. Wikipedia  

✵ 25. February 1847 – 7. February 1922
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Samuel Fielden Quotes

“A man is of no use to this world, of no use to society or the neighborhood in which he lives, who has no other object in view than making a fortune for himself and his family, little caring what becomes of those around him.”

Samuel Fielden

Statement to the Court (1886)

“It is not generally considered a crime among intellectual people to be a revolutionist, but it may be made a crime if the revolutionist happens to be poor.”

Samuel Fielden

Statement to the Court (1886)

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