372 Quotes by Emma Goldman

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

When in the course of human development, existing institutions prove inadequate to the needs of man, when they serve merely to enslave, rob and oppress mankind, the people have the eternal right to rebel against, and overthrow, these institutions.

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

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

If I can not dance, I want no part in your revolution.

Indeed, the keynote of government is injustice. With the arrogance and self-sufficiency of the King who could do no wrong, governments ordain, judge, condemn, and punish the most insignificant offenses, while maintaining themselves by the greatest of all offenses, the annihilation of individual liberty.

Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.

If they do not give you work, demand bread. If they deny you both, take bread. It is your sacred right!

Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.