Marriage is primarily an economic arrangement, an insurance pact. It differs from the ordinary life insurance agreement only in that it is more binding, more exacting. Emma Goldman More Quotes by Emma Goldman More Quotes From Emma Goldman No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action. Emma Goldman revolution politics real There's never been a good government. Emma Goldman libertarian liberty government Civilization has been a continuous struggle of the individual or of groups of individuals against the State and even against "society," that is, against the majority subdued and hypnotized by the State and State worship. Emma Goldman majority struggle civilization Ask for work. If they don't give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread. Emma Goldman bread work giving What a strange development of patriotism that turns a thinking being into a loyal machine! Emma Goldman machines development thinking I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. Emma Goldman valentines-day nature life Religion! How it dominates man's mind, how it humiliates and degrades his soul. God is everything, man is nothing, says religion.But out of that nothing God has created a kingdom so despotic, so tyrannical, so cruel, so terribly exacting that naught but gloom and tears and blood have ruled the world since gods began. Emma Goldman soul men blood Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another. Emma Goldman forgiveness understanding inspirational Political violence is organized violence on the top which creates individual violence at the bottom. Emma Goldman bottom individual violence 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 diversity change men The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice. Emma Goldman sacrifice political religious wealth means power: the power to subdue, to crush, to exploit, the power to enslave, to outrage, to degrade. Emma Goldman wealth crush mean 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 vision change race 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 stress love giving Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman spiritual-death ideals spiritual I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made. Emma Goldman atheist mistake jobs ...The greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism. Emma Goldman militarism capitalism military The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought. Emma Goldman independence independent sin What I believe is a process rather than a finality. Emma Goldman i-believe process believe 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. Emma Goldman soul men blood
