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 Quote

Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.
- Emma Goldman Quote

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.
- Emma Goldman Quote

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
- Emma Goldman Quote

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

If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.
- Emma Goldman Quote

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 Quote

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 Quote

No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.
- Emma Goldman Quote

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 Quote

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

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

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

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 Quote

Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.
- Emma Goldman Quote

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.
- Emma Goldman Quote

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 Quote

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.
- Emma Goldman Quote

The most violent element in society is ignorance.
- Emma Goldman Quote

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

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 Quote

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 Quote

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

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 Quote