--- title: "18 Ifs Quotes By Emma Goldman" description: "18 Ifs quotes by Emma Goldman. Plus more from Emma Goldman and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/emma-goldman-774_care_i-don-t-care-if-a-man-s-theory-for-tomor_1384197.png" --- > [I don't care if a man's theory for tomorrow is correct, I care if his spirit of today is correct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/i-don-t-care-if-a-man-s-theory-for-tomorrow-is-correct-i-care-if-his/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/emma-goldman-774_care_i-don-t-care-if-a-man-s-theory-for-tomor_1384197.png) > [If they do not give you work, demand bread. If they deny you both, take bread. It is your sacred right!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/if-they-do-not-give-you-work-demand-bread-if-they-deny-you-both-take/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/emma-goldman-774_bread_if-they-do-not-give-you-work-demand-brea_2227336.png) > [If I can not dance, I want no part in your revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/if-i-can-not-dance-i-want-no-part-in-your-revolution/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/emma-goldman-774_can-not_if-i-can-not-dance-i-want-no-part-in-you_876883.png) > [If elections really changed anything, they would be outlawed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/if-elections-really-changed-anything-they-would-be-outlawed/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/emma-goldman-774_changed_if-elections-really-changed-anything-the_1337349.png) > [... if the production of any commodity necessitates the sacrifice of human life, society should do without that commodity, but itcan not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/if-the-production-of-any-commodity-necessitates-the-sacrifice-of/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/emma-goldman-774_business_if-the-production-of-any-commodity-neces_2445110.png) > [We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/we-say-that-if-america-has-entered-the-war-to-make-the-world-safe-for/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/emma-goldman-774_america_we-say-that-if-america-has-entered-the-w_753227.png) > [If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/if-not-for-the-direct-action-of-a-john-brown-and-his-comrades-america/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/emma-goldman-774_action_if-not-for-the-direct-action-of-a-john-b_2675679.png) > [How long would authority ... exist, if not for the willingness of the mass to become soldiers, policemen, jailers, and hangmen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/how-long-would-authority-exist-if-not-for-the-willingness-of-the-mass/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/emma-goldman-774_authority_how-long-would-authority-exist-if-not-fo_902266.png) > [Revolution is indeed a violent process. But if it is to result only in a change of dictatorship, in a shifting of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/revolution-is-indeed-a-violent-process-but-if-it-is-to-result-only-in/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/emma-goldman-774_change_revolution-is-indeed-a-violent-process-b_782699.png) > [Under miserable conditions of life, any vision of the possibility of better things makes the present misery more intolerable, and spurs those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/under-miserable-conditions-of-life-any-vision-of-the-possibility-of/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/emma-goldman-774_better-things_under-miserable-conditions-of-life-any-v_2811133.png) > [Some people never seem to learn from experience. No matter how often they had seen the lion devour the lamb, they continued…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/some-people-never-seem-to-learn-from-experience-no-matter-how-often/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/emma-goldman-774_beast_some-people-never-seem-to-learn-from-exp_2427439.png) > [Poor America, of what avail is all her wealth, if the individuals comprising the nation are wretchedly poor? If they live in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/poor-america-of-what-avail-is-all-her-wealth-if-the-individuals/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/emma-goldman-774_america_poor-america-of-what-avail-is-all-her-we_1456480.jpg) > [In taking out an insurance policy one pays for it in dollars and cents, always at liberty to discontinue payments. If, however,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/in-taking-out-an-insurance-policy-one-pays-for-it-in-dollars-and/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/emma-goldman-774_cents_in-taking-out-an-insurance-policy-one-pa_2744434.png) > [Success achieved by the most contemptible means cannot but destroy the soul. ... It helps to cover up the inner corruption and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/success-achieved-by-the-most-contemptible-means-cannot-but-destroy/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/emma-goldman-774_ambition_success-achieved-by-the-most-contemptibl_2561095.jpg) > [Consciously or unconsciously, most theists see in gods and devils, heaven and hell, reward and punishment, a whip to lash the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/consciously-or-unconsciously-most-theists-see-in-gods-and-devils-2/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/emma-goldman-774_atheism_consciously-or-unconsciously-most-theist_2685035.png) > [The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/the-demand-for-equal-rights-in-every-vocation-of-life-is-just-and-2/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/emma-goldman-774_absurd_the-demand-for-equal-rights-in-every-voc_2099660.png) > [If I were to give a summary of the tendency of our times, I would say, Quantity. The multitude, the mass spirit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/if-i-were-to-give-a-summary-of-the-tendency-of-our-times-i-would-say/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/emma-goldman-774_brainless_if-i-were-to-give-a-summary-of-the-tende_3162034.jpg) > [We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/we-say-that-if-america-has-entered-the-war-to-make-the-world-safe-for-2/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/emma-goldman-774_america_we-say-that-if-america-has-entered-the-w_2943181.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Emma Goldman > [Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! All wars are wars among thieves who are too cowardly to fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/poor-human-nature-what-horrible-crimes-have-been-committed-in-thy/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [“Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine Power? Based…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/do-not-all-theists-insist-that-there-can-be-no-morality-no-justice/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [Lack of fairness to an opponent is essentially a sign of weakness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/lack-of-fairness-to-an-opponent-is-essentially-a-sign-of-weakness/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine Power? Based…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/do-not-all-theists-insist-that-there-can-be-no-morality-no-justice-2/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/only-when-human-sorrows-are-turned-into-a-toy-with-glaring-colors/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [More pernicious than the power of a dictator is that of a class; the most terrible - the tyranny of a majority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/more-pernicious-than-the-power-of-a-dictator-is-that-of-a-class-the/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the definer of all laws, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/love-the-strongest-and-deepest-element-in-all-life-the-harbinger-of/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [Whether our reformers admit it or not, the economic and social inferiority of women is responsible for prostitution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/whether-our-reformers-admit-it-or-not-the-economic-and-social/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/the-free-expression-of-the-hopes-and-aspirations-of-a-people-is-the/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/someone-has-said-that-it-requires-less-mental-effort-to-condemn-than/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [The persecution of the innovator and protestant has always been inspired by fear on the part of constituted authority of having its infallibility questioned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/the-persecution-of-the-innovator-and-protestant-has-always-been/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [Order derived through submission and maintained by terror is not much of a safe guaranty; yet that is the only "order" that governments have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/order-derived-through-submission-and-maintained-by-terror-is-not-much/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [Today is the parent of tomorrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. That is the law of life, individual and social.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/today-is-the-parent-of-tomorrow-the-present-casts-its-shadow-far-into/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [Salvation lies in an energetic march onward towards a brighter and clearer future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/salvation-lies-in-an-energetic-march-onward-towards-a-brighter-and/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) > [The more hideous the mental contortions, the greater the delight and bravos of the mass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/the-more-hideous-the-mental-contortions-the-greater-the-delight-and/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/emma-goldman/#itemlist", "name": "18 Ifs Quotes By Emma Goldman", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't care if a man's theory for tomorrow is correct, I care if his spirit of today is correct.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emma Goldman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/i-don-t-care-if-a-man-s-theory-for-tomorrow-is-correct-i-care-if-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/emma-goldman-774_care_i-don-t-care-if-a-man-s-theory-for-tomor_1384197.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/emma-goldman-774_care_i-don-t-care-if-a-man-s-theory-for-tomor_1384197.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/emma-goldman-774_care_i-don-t-care-if-a-man-s-theory-for-tomor_1384197.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't care if a man's theory for tomorrow is correct, I care if his spirit of today is correct.” — Emma Goldman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If they do not give you work, demand bread. 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