“Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and "Down with Authority" her war-cry.”

— Benjamin Ricketson Tucker

Libertys Declaration of Purpose (1881)

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American journalist and anarchist 1854–1939

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