No one can hate petitions worse than I, and no one has less faith in them than I. But for my champion… — Voltairine de Cleyre Champion Copy Share Image
Government is as unreal, as intangible, as unapproachable as God. Try it, if you don't believe it. Seek through the legislative halls… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
[The Catholic convent] had been like the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and there are white scars on my soul, where… — Voltairine de Cleyre Catholic Copy Share Image
Let every woman ask herself: "Why am I the slave of man? Why is my brain said not to be the equal… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
“As to the essence of Commerce and Manufacture, it is this: to establish bonds between every corner of the earth’s surface and… — Voltairine de Cleyre Essence Copy Share Image
But what the working-class can do, when once they grow into a solidified organization, is to show the possessing class, through a… — Voltairine de Cleyre Class Copy Share Image
“It is understood that when we speak of history we do not allude to the unspeakable trash contained in public school text-books… — Voltairine de Cleyre Education Copy Share Image
“I think the difficulty lies in the immeasurable vanity of the human adult, particularly the pedagogical adult,… which does not permit him… — Voltairine de Cleyre Education Copy Share Image
“If this is the price to be paid for an idea, then let us pay. There is no need of being troubled… — Voltairine de Cleyre Anarchism Copy Share Image
This is what the government is, has always been, the creator and defender of privilege; the organization of oppression and revenge. To… — Voltairine de Cleyre Anarchy Copy Share Image