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.

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.

To the indefinite, uncertain mind of the American radical the most contradictory ideas and methods are possible. The result is a sad chaos in the radical movement, a sort of intellectual hash, which has neither taste nor character.

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

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?

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.

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.

Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open.

When we can't dream any longer we die.

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

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

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

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.

All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.