When we can't dream any longer we die. Emma Goldman More Quotes by Emma Goldman More Quotes From Emma Goldman All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves. Emma Goldman acceptingmindeducation 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 governmentbeautifulbelieve 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 blockreligiousmen 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 spiritualclassmean Lack of fairness to an opponent is essentially a sign of weakness. Emma Goldman fairnessopponentsweakness 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 ignoranceearthmean "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-upmenorder After all, that is what laws are for, to be made and unmade. Emma Goldman lawmade Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there. Emma Goldman spiritheavendull The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue. Emma Goldman alternativespoliticspolitical Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society. Emma Goldman trainingatheismchristianity 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 colorbabypeople 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 menphilosophymean One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing. Emma Goldman true-thingsextremessocial Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. Emma Goldman foolishwindworld 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 libertydoereality 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 marriagehusbandself Thus Dante's motto over Inferno applies with equal force to marriage: "Ye who enter here leave all hope behind. Emma Goldman infernomottomarriage 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 onenessselfsex 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 strongcharactersex
