Ifs Quotes by Emma Goldman

18 Ifs quotes by Emma Goldman

Goldman’s brief selection on the possibilities that drive activism is charged with her fierce conviction. Each line serves as a compact rallying cry for those who question the status quo.

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If elections really changed anything, they would be outlawed.

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If I can not dance, I want no part in your revolution.

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If they do not give you work, demand bread. If they deny you both, take bread. It is your sacred right!

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I don't care if a man's theory for tomorrow is correct, I care if his spirit of today is correct.

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How long would authority ... exist, if not for the willingness of the mass to become soldiers, policemen, jailers, and hangmen.

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Revolution is indeed a violent process. But if it is to result only in a change of dictatorship, in a shifting of…

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If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the…

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We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe…

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... if the production of any commodity necessitates the sacrifice of human life, society should do without that commodity, but itcan not…

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Consciously or unconsciously, most theists see in gods and devils, heaven and hell, reward and punishment, a whip to lash the people…

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Success achieved by the most contemptible means cannot but destroy the soul. ... It helps to cover up the inner corruption and…

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In taking out an insurance policy one pays for it in dollars and cents, always at liberty to discontinue payments. If, however,…

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Poor America, of what avail is all her wealth, if the individuals comprising the nation are wretchedly poor? If they live in…

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Some people never seem to learn from experience. No matter how often they had seen the lion devour the lamb, they continued…

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Under miserable conditions of life, any vision of the possibility of better things makes the present misery more intolerable, and spurs those…

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If I were to give a summary of the tendency of our times, I would say, Quantity. The multitude, the mass spirit,…

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We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe…

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The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is…

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More pernicious than the power of a dictator is that of a class; the most terrible - the tyranny of a majority.

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Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the definer of all laws, of…

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Whether our reformers admit it or not, the economic and social inferiority of women is responsible for prostitution.

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The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.

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Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.

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The persecution of the innovator and protestant has always been inspired by fear on the part of constituted authority of having its infallibility questioned…

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