To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock. Emma Goldman More Quotes by Emma Goldman More Quotes From Emma Goldman I believe - indeed, I know - that whatever is fine and beautiful in the human expresses and asserts itself in spite of government, and not because of it. Emma Goldman government beautiful believe Religion is a superstition that originated in man`s mental inability to solve natural phenomena. The Church is an orgainized institution that has always been stumbling to block progress. Emma Goldman block religious men So-called Individualism is the social and economic laissez-faire: the exploitation of the masses by the classes by means of legal trickery, spiritual debasement and systematic indoctrination of the servile spirit, which process is known as 'education'. Emma Goldman spiritual class mean Lack of fairness to an opponent is essentially a sign of weakness. Emma Goldman fairness opponents weakness There are, however, some potentates I would kill by any and all means at my disposal. They are Ignorance, Superstition, and Bigotry — the most sinister and tyrannical rulers on earth. Emma Goldman ignorance earth mean "What would you do with the lazy ones, who would not work?" "No one is lazy. They grow hopeless from the misery of their present existence, and give up. Under our order of things, every man would do the work he liked, and would have as much as his neighbor, so could not be unhappy and discouraged." Emma Goldman giving-up men order After all, that is what laws are for, to be made and unmade. Emma Goldman law made Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there. Emma Goldman spirit heaven dull The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue. Emma Goldman alternatives politics political Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society. Emma Goldman training atheism christianity Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day. Emma Goldman color baby people The triumph of the philosophy of Atheism is to free man from the nightmare of gods; it means the dissolution of the phantoms of the beyond. Emma Goldman men philosophy mean One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing. Emma Goldman true-things extremes social When we can't dream any longer we die. Emma Goldman dream inspirational love Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. Emma Goldman foolish wind world The individual is the true reality of life. A cosmos in himself, he does not exist for the State, nor for that abstraction called "society," or the "nation," which is only a collection of individuals. Emma Goldman liberty doe reality In taking out an insurance policy one pays for it in dollars and cents, always at liberty to discontinue payments. If, however, womans premium is a husband, she pays for it with her name, her privacy, her self-respect, her very life, until death doth part. Emma Goldman marriage husband self Thus Dante's motto over Inferno applies with equal force to marriage: "Ye who enter here leave all hope behind. Emma Goldman inferno motto marriage Peace or harmony between the sexes and individuals does not necessarily depend on a superficial equalization of human beings; nor does it call for the elimination of individual traits and peculiarities. The problem that confronts us today, and which the nearest future is to solve, is how to be one's self and yet in oneness with others, to feel deeply with all human beings and still retain one's own characteristic qualities. Emma Goldman oneness self sex 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 strong character sex
