Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman
Emma Goldmanwas an anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth27 June 1869
CountryRussian Federation
advanced caution enriched mankind throw
Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.
hysteria giving political
The soldier's business is to take life. For that he is paid by the State, eulogized by political charlatans and upheld by public hysteria. But woman's function is to give life, yet neither the State nor politicians nor public opinion have ever made the slightest provision in return for the life woman has given.
criminals deserve
Every society has the criminals it deserves.
oscars anarchy foolish
A practical scheme, says Oscar Wilde, is either one already in existence, or a scheme that could be carried out under the existing conditions; but it is exactly the existing conditions that one objects to, and any scheme that could accept these conditions is wrong and foolish.
parent shadow morrow
To-day is the parent of to-morrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future.
inspired authority persecution
The persecution of the innovator and protestant has always been inspired by fear on the part of constituted authority of having its infallibility questioned and its power undermined.
tendencies states fetish
To call the State an organism shows a diseased tendency to make a fetish of words.
scandal craving
... nothing satisfies the craving of most women so much as scandal.
patriotism liberty menace
Patriotism is a menace to liberty.
grateful years people
I feel sure that the police are helping us more than I could do in ten years. They are making more anarchists than the most prominent people connected with the anarchist cause could make in ten years. If they will only continue I shall be very grateful; they will save me lots of work
inferiority economic responsible
Whether our reformers admit it or not, the economic and social inferiority of women is responsible for prostitution.
criminals energy crime
Crime is naught but misdirected energy.