Carolina QuotesWhen things are exquisitely beautiful and rare, they shouldn't be privately owned.
Kshama Sawant Connected to the Carolinas
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Quoted in Sarah Stuteville, "You might be a socialist if… An interview with Kshama Sawant", The Seattle Globalist (October 30, 2012).
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