Quotes by 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. (Emma Goldman)

Crime is naught but misdirected energy. (Emma Goldman)

Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism. (Emma Goldman)

Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there. (Emma Goldman)

Id rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. (Emma Goldman)

Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. (Emma Goldman)

It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former is inherent, the other is grafted on. (Emma Goldman)

Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the definer of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful moulder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State and Church-begotten weed, marriage. (Emma Goldman)

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)

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