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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 in America.](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/)

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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 in America. How else is the world to take America seriously, when democracy at home is daily being…](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/)

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## 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/)

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