Emma Goldman

“Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian.”

“When we can't dream any longer we die.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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