Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
religion and morality are a much better whip to keep people in submission than even the club and the gun. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I don't care if a man's theory for tomorrow is correct, I care if his spirit of today is correct. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The Christian religion and morality extols the glory of the Hereafter, and therefore remains indifferent to the horrors of the earth. Indeed,… — 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
Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The spirit of militarism has already permeated all walks of life. Indeed, I am convinced that militarism is a greater danger here… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The idealists and visionaries, foolish enough to throw caution to the winds and express their ardor and faith in some supreme deed,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Religion! How it dominates man's mind, how it humiliates and degrades his soul. God is everything, man is nothing, says religion.But out… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
So-called Individualism is the social and economic laissez-faire: the exploitation of the masses by the classes by means of legal trickery, spiritual… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Redemption through the Cross is worse than damnation, because of the terrible burden it imposes upon humanity, because of the effect it… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The conception of gods originated in fear and curiosity. Primitive man, unable to understand the phenomena of nature, and harassed by them,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I was called before the head matron, a tall woman with a stolid face. She began taking my pedigree. What religion? was… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The philosophy of Atheism has its root in the earth, in this life; its aim is the emancipation of the human race… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society; in short, to the very… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Religion robs the soul of its independence; patriotism is the stupid worship of the world for which the well-being and the peace… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Just as religion has fettered the human mind, and as property, or the monopoly of things, has subdued and stifled man’s needs,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Woman, even more than man, is a fetich worshipper, and though her idols may change, she is ever on her knees, ever… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“The typical Anarchist, then, may be defined as follows: A man perceptible by the spirit of revolt under one or more of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“The entire history of asceticism proves this to be only too true. The Church, as well as Puritanism, has fought the flesh… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Of late there has been a new spirit manifested in the youth which is growing up with the depression. This spirit is… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Religion is a superstition that originated in man's mental inability to solve natural phenomena. The Church is an orgainized institution that has… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Religion, the dominion of the human mind; Property, the dominion of human needs; and Government, the dominion of human conduct, represent the… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the… — 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)
