Author: Emma Goldman

Quotes

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

- Emma Goldman

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

- Emma Goldman

Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces for individual and social harmony.

Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces for individual and social harmony.

- Emma Goldman

Morality and its victim, the mother - what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood?

Morality and its victim, the mother - what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood?

- Emma Goldman

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

- Emma Goldman

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.

- Emma Goldman

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.

- Emma Goldman

When we can't dream any longer we die.

When we can't dream any longer we die.

- Emma Goldman

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

- Emma Goldman

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