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> [Methods and means cannot be separated from the ultimate aim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/methods-and-means-cannot-be-separated-from-the-ultimate-aim/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [wealth means power: the power to subdue, to crush, to exploit, the power to enslave, to outrage, to degrade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/wealth-means-power-the-power-to-subdue-to-crush-to-exploit-the-power/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [There are, however, some potentates I would kill by any and all means at my disposal. They are Ignorance, Superstition, and Bigotry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/there-are-however-some-potentates-i-would-kill-by-any-and-all-means/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/there-is-no-greater-fallacy-than-the-belief-that-aims-and-purposes/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [The people are urged to be patriotic ... by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegience to the flag, which means obedience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/the-people-are-urged-to-be-patriotic-by-sacrificing-their-own/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [The triumph of the philosophy of Atheism is to free man from the nightmare of gods; it means the dissolution of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/the-triumph-of-the-philosophy-of-atheism-is-to-free-man-from-the/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [The whole history of man is continuous proof of the maxim that to divest one's methods of ethical concepts means to sink…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/the-whole-history-of-man-is-continuous-proof-of-the-maxim-that-to/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/the-philosophy-of-atheism-represents-a-concept-of-life-without-any/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [Yes, authority, coercion, and dependence rest on the mass, but never freedom or the free unfoldment of the individual, never the birth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/yes-authority-coercion-and-dependence-rest-on-the-mass-but-never/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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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…](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/)

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> [Anarchism asserts the possibility of an organization without discipline, fear, or punishment, and without the pressure of poverty: a new social organism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/anarchism-asserts-the-possibility-of-an-organization-without/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [What is generally regarded as success - acquisition of wealth, the capture of power or social prestige - I consider the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/what-is-generally-regarded-as-success-acquisition-of-wealth-the/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [With the conception that the Revolution was only a means of securing political power, it was inevitable that all revolutionary values should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/with-the-conception-that-the-revolution-was-only-a-means-of-securing/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [So-called Individualism is the social and economic laissez-faire: the exploitation of the masses by the classes by means of legal trickery, spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/so-called-individualism-is-the-social-and-economic-laissez-faire-the/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [Today is the parent of tomorrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. That is the law of life, individual…](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/)

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> [No revolution can ever succeed as a factor of liberation unless the MEANS used to further it be identical in spirit and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/no-revolution-can-ever-succeed-as-a-factor-of-liberation-unless-the/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [Our institutions and conditions rest upon deep-seated ideas. To change those conditions and at the same time leave the underlying ideas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/our-institutions-and-conditions-rest-upon-deep-seated-ideas-to-change/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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## Other authors on Mean

## 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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                        "text": "Today is the parent of tomorrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. That is the law of life, individual and social. Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society. The means used to prepare the future become its cornerstone.",
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