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
men blood soul
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 woman's right to her soul.
inspirational forgiveness understanding
Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.
government liberty libertarian
There's never been a good government.
life valentines-day nature
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
peace educational book
The most violent element in society is ignorance.
class majority dictator
More pernicious than the power of a dictator is that of a class; the most terrible - the tyranny of a majority.
quality doe kind
The import is not the kind of work woman does, but rather the quality of the work she furnishes.
christian jesus philosophical
Have not all theists painted their Deity as the god of love and goodness? Yet after thousands of years of such preachments the gods remain deaf to the agony of the human race. Confucius cares not for the poverty, squalor and misery of the people of China. Buddha remains undisturbed in his philosophical indifference to the famine and starvation of outraged Hindoos; Jahve continues deaf to the bitter cry of Israel; while Jesus refuses to rise from the dead against his Christians who are butchering each other.
destiny hands leader
The majority cannot reason; it has no judgement. It has always placed its destiny in the hands of others; it has followed its leaders even into destruction. The mass has always opposed, condemned, and hounded the innovator, the pioneer of a new truth.
lying future march
Salvation lies in an energetic march onward towards a brighter and clearer future.
pregnancy class america
The custom of procuring abortions has reached such appalling proportions in America as to be beyond belief... So great is the misery of the working classes that seventeen abortions are committed in every one hundred pregnancies.