How long would authority ... exist, if not for the willingness of the mass to become soldiers, policemen, jailers, and hangmen. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The persecution of the innovator and protestant has always been inspired by fear on the part of constituted authority of having its… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Yes, authority, coercion, and dependence rest on the mass, but never freedom or the free unfoldment of the individual, never the birth… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The Fathers of the Church can well afford to preach the gospel of Christ. It contains nothing dangerous to the regime of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most. His very "uniqueness," "separateness" and… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
It requires something more than personal experience to gain a philosophy or point of view from any specific event. It is the… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Direct action against the authority in the shop, direct action against the authority of the law, direct action against the invasive, meddlesome… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“It has often been suggested to me that the Constitution of the United States is a sufficient safeguard for the freedom of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! All wars are wars among thieves who are too cowardly to fight… — Emma Goldman Copy Share
“Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine Power? Based… — Emma Goldman Copy Share
Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine Power? Based… — Emma Goldman Copy Share
Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The… — Emma Goldman Copy Share
More pernicious than the power of a dictator is that of a class; the most terrible - the tyranny of a majority. — Emma Goldman Copy Share
Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the definer of all laws, of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share
Whether our reformers admit it or not, the economic and social inferiority of women is responsible for prostitution. — Emma Goldman Copy Share
The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society. — Emma Goldman Copy Share
Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think. — Emma Goldman Copy Share
The persecution of the innovator and protestant has always been inspired by fear on the part of constituted authority of having its infallibility questioned… — Emma Goldman Copy Share
Order derived through submission and maintained by terror is not much of a safe guaranty; yet that is the only "order" that governments have… — Emma Goldman Copy Share
Today is the parent of tomorrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. That is the law of life, individual and social.… — Emma Goldman Copy Share
Salvation lies in an energetic march onward towards a brighter and clearer future. — Emma Goldman Copy Share
The more hideous the mental contortions, the greater the delight and bravos of the mass. — Emma Goldman Copy Share
![“The Fathers of the Church can well afford to preach the gospel of Christ. It contains nothing dangerous to the regime of authority and wealth; it stands for self-denial and self-abnegation, for penance and regret, and is absolutely inert in the face of every [in]dignity, every outrage imposed upon…” quote by Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/840/emma-goldman-774_abnegation_the-fathers-of-the-church-can-well-affor_1830394.jpg)
