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Emma Goldman

Born: June 27, 1869

Died: May 14, 1940

Nationality: Lithuanian

Occupation: Activist

Biography: Emma Goldman was an anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Emma Goldman

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

- Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman

“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

Source/Notes: Red Emma speaks: an Emma Goldman reader (1996 edition), Humanities Press Intl

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Emma Goldman

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

- Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman

“Crime is naught but misdirected energy.”

- Emma Goldman

Source/Notes: Anarchism and Other Essays (2007 edition), Mundus Publishing

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Emma Goldman

“Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.”

- Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman

“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

Source/Notes: Red Emma speaks: an Emma Goldman reader (1996 edition), Humanities Press Intl

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Emma Goldman

“Free love? as if love is anything but free. Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love.”

- Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman

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

- Emma Goldman

Source/Notes: Mother Earth, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Social Science and Literature (1913 edition)

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Emma Goldman

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

- Emma Goldman

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

- Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman

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

- Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman

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

- Emma Goldman

Source/Notes: Paraphrase. Living My Life (1931)

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Emma Goldman

“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

Source/Notes: Red Emma speaks: an Emma Goldman reader (1996 edition), Humanities Press Intl

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Emma Goldman

“If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.”

- Emma Goldman

Source/Notes: Attributed

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