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If the defenders of privilege desire to exclude from this country the opponents of privilege, they should see to it that Congress omits the taking of the eleventh census. For the eleventh census, if taken, will undoubtedly emphasize these two lessons of the tenth: first, that foreign immigration does not increase dishonesty and violence among us, but does increase the love of liberty; second, that the population of the world is gradually dividing into two classes, Anarchists and criminals.

Benjamin Tucker#26

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About this quote

What does it mean?
Tucker argues immigration increases liberty not crime and claims the population divides into anarchists and criminals.
In plain terms
Immigrants love liberty not crime and society splits into anarchists and criminals.
What can you take from it?
Acknowledge immigration supports liberty rather than crime.

Where it applies

  • immigration debates
  • policy discussions
  • societal classification

Putting it to work

  • argue for immigration
  • challenge crime narratives
  • analyze demographics

Questions to consider

  • Does immigration affect crime rates?
  • Are there only two types of people?

Another view

Dividing people into two classes oversimplifies human complexity.

More from Benjamin Tucker

  1. Once for all, then, we are not opposed to the punishment of thieves and murderers; we are opposed to their manufacture.

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  2. The Anarchists believe in the family; they only insist that free competition and experiment shall always be allowed in order that it may be determined what for…

    Permalink to quote #27
  3. The Anarchists never have claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results are vastly preferable to those that follow authority.

    Permalink to quote #24

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