Emma Goldman
(1869-1940)

Social Activist

birthdate: June 27
birthplace:
Kovno, Russia (now Lithuania)

QUOTES

If the production of any commodity necessitates the sacrifice of human life, society should do without that commodity, but it can not do without that life.

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or the woman's right to her soul.

The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed.

All wars are wars among thieves who are too cowardly to fight and who therefore induce the young manhood of the whole world to do the fighting for them.

“Since every effort in our educational life seems to be directed toward making of the child a being foreign to itself, it must of necessity produce individuals foreign to one another, and in everlasting antagonism with each other.”

“The most violent element in society is ignorance.”

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

"I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things."

 

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