Emma Goldman Quotes

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

Freedom, Political, Human

Crime is naught but misdirected energy.
Emma Goldman

Energy, Crime, Naught

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.
Emma Goldman

Life, Change, End

One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.
Emma Goldman

True, Cannot, Social

In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.
Emma Goldman

Home, True, Human

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

Enough, Foolish, Mankind

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

Political, Either, Leaves

To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock.
Emma Goldman

Woman, Her, Rather

When we can't dream any longer we die.
Emma Goldman

Die, Dream, Longer

Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.
Emma Goldman

Politics, Business, Industrial

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

Politics, Hope, Woman

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

Greatest, Triumph, Chained

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.
Emma Goldman

Strong, Everything, May

The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land.
Emma Goldman

Whole, Often, Vision

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

Women, Keep, Open

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

Enough, Foolish, Mankind

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?
Emma Goldman

Mom, Mother, Picture

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.
Emma Goldman

Life, Another, Child

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.
Emma Goldman

Sad, Character, Mind

Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be.
Emma Goldman

Good, Woman, Others

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Biography

Nationality: Lithuanian

Born: June 27, 1869

Died: May 14, 1940

Links

Find on Amazon: Emma Goldman

Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Related Authors

Abbie Hoffman
Betty Friedan
Cesar Chavez
Colman McCarthy
Coretta Scott King
Eldridge Cleaver
Fannie Lou Hamer

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us