Quotes By 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.

Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.

Crime is naught but misdirected energy.

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

If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution.

Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism.

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

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.

The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.

Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed.

Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

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

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.