True, the movement for
True, the movement for woman’s rights has broken many old fetters, but it has also forged new ones. Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman
Our institutions and conditions
Our institutions and conditions rest upon deep-seated ideas. To change those conditions and at the same time leave the underlying ideas and values intact means only a superficial transformation, one that cannot be permanent or bring real betterment. It is a change of form only, not of substance, as so tragically proven by Russia. Emma … Read more
The inhabitants of the
The inhabitants of the other spots reason in like manner, of course, with the result that from early infancy the mind of the child is provided with blood-curdling stories about the Germans, the French, the Italians, Russians, etc. Emma Goldman
How to raise this
How to raise this dead level of theistic belief is really a matter of life and death for all denominations. Therefore their tolerance; but it is a tolerance not of understanding; but of weakness. Emma Goldman
Anarchism, the great leaven
Anarchism, the great leaven of thought, is today permeating every phase of human endeavor…. It is the philosophy of the sovereignty of the individual. It is the theory of social harmony. It is the great, surging, living truth that is reconstructing the world, and that will usher in the Dawn. Emma Goldman
When the child has
When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord himself to defend his country against the attack or invasion of any foreigner. It is for that purpose that we are clamoring for a greater army and navy, more battleships and ammunition. Emma Goldman
Atheism … in its
Atheism … in its philosophic aspect refuses allegiance not merely to a definite concept of God, but it refuses all servitude to the God idea, and opposes the theistic principle as such. Gods in their individual function are not half as pernicious as the principle of theism which represents the belief in a supernatural, or … Read more
There can be no
There can be no freedom in the large sense of the word, no harmonious development, so long as mercenary and commercial considerations play an important part in the determination of personal conduct. Emma Goldman
Publishers, theatrical managers, and
Publishers, theatrical managers, and critics ask not for the quality inherent in creative art, but will it meet with a good sale, will it suit the palate of the people? Alas, this palate is like a dumping ground; it relishes anything that needs no mental mastication. As a result, the mediocre, the ordinary, the commonplace … Read more
As to a thorough
As to a thorough eradication of prostitution, nothing can accomplish that save a complete transvaluation of all accepted values–especially the moral ones–coupled with the abolition of industrial slavery. Emma Goldman