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E. P. Thompson Quotes: I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.
         

I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.


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This page presents the quote "I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.". Author of this quote is E. P. Thompson. This quote is about peace, garden, prisoner, movement,.