Patriotism Quotes by Emma Goldman

15 Patriotism quotes by Emma Goldman

All Patriotism quotes Emma Goldman’s page

Emma Goldman’s 15 reflections on patriotism weave together fierce independence and a yearning for universal justice. Her words invite you to rethink loyalty beyond borders and toward shared humanity.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

Patriotism is a menace to liberty.

Emma Goldman

Image

Conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.

Emma Goldman

Image

What a strange development of patriotism that turns a thinking being into a loyal machine!

Emma Goldman

Image

Leo Tolstoy ... defines patriotism as the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers.

Emma Goldman

Image

Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of…

Emma Goldman

Image

When we have undermined the patriotic lie, we shall have cleared the path for the great structure where all shall be united…

Emma Goldman

Image

The people are urged to be patriotic ... by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegience to the flag, which means obedience…

Emma Goldman

Image

Thinking men and women the world over are beginning to realize that patriotism is too narrow and limited a conception to meet…

Emma Goldman

Image

What is patriotism? Is it love of one's birthplace, the place of childhood's recollections and hopes, dreams and aspirations? Is it the…

Emma Goldman

Image

Leo Tolstoy, the greatest anti-patriot of our time, defines patriotism as the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers; a…

Emma Goldman

Image

Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism... Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded…

Emma Goldman

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

Image

“What, then, is patriotism? “Patriotism, sir, is the last resort of scoundrels,” said Dr. Johnson. Leo Tolstoy, the greatest anti-patriot of our…

Emma Goldman

Image

“A free Republic! How a myth will maintain itself, how it will continue to deceive, to dupe, and blind even the comparatively…

Emma Goldman

Image

“We Americans claim to be a peace-loving people. We hate bloodshed; we are opposed to violence. Yet we go into spasms of…

Emma Goldman

Image

Other authors on Patriotism

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…

Emma Goldman

Image

“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

Image

Lack of fairness to an opponent is essentially a sign of weakness.

Emma Goldman

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Emma Goldman

Image

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

Image

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

Emma Goldman

Image

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

Emma Goldman

Image

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

Emma Goldman

Image

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