QUOTE:
“Theft exists only through the exploitation of man by man…when Society refuses you the right to exist, you must take it…the policeman arrested me in the name of the Law, I struck him in the name of Liberty.”
Clément
Duval (1850–1935)French propagandist and anarchist who was found
guilty in 1886 of theft and attempted murder of a police officer.
Originally sentenced to death, his sentence was commuted to
deportation and hard labour in the French Guiana prison camps, known
as the “dry Guillotine" . He was there for 14 years and attempted
over 20 escapes before finally making his get-away with some of his
fellow prisoners in a dilapidated old boat. He made it to New York
City where he was welcomed by the anarchists in the area.
