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Ruby Dee Quotes: Revolutionaries don't get job security. They compete with rats for cheese and with strays for shelter--after the big bullets make feet out of their knees.
         

Revolutionaries don't get job security. They compete with rats for cheese and with strays for shelter--after the big bullets make feet out of their knees.


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This page presents the quote "Revolutionaries don't get job security. They compete with rats for cheese and with strays for shelter--after the big bullets make feet out of their knees.". Author of this quote is Ruby Dee. This quote is about feet, security, bullets, shelter, jobs, knees, rats, cheese,.