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Andrea Dworkin Quotes: If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them.
         

If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them.


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If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them.
         



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This page presents the quote "If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them.". Author of this quote is Andrea Dworkin. This quote is about cowardice, oppression,.