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Direct Action Quotes by Emma Goldman
- Anarchism...stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral.
- The political superstition is still holding sway over the hearts and minds of the masses, but the true lovers of liberty will have no more…
- If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the black man.
- Direct action against the authority in the shop, direct action against the authority of the law, direct action against the invasive, meddlesome authority of our…
- Men and women ... do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that crushes you in…
- Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.
More Direct Action Quotes
- Totalitarianism extends to whatever touches it...psychological technique, as it operates in the army or in a great industrial plant, entails a direct… — Jacques Ellul
- I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What… — Victor Hugo
- Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. — Howard Zinn
- Anarchism...stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral. — Emma Goldman
- Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far… — Tony Benn
- The great social justice changes in our country have happened when people came together, organized, and took direct action. It is this… — Dolores Huerta
- Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action. — Julian Assange
- Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free. — David Graeber
- We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- We decided to set our direct-action program around the Easter season, realizing that, with exception of Christmas, this was the largest shopping… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation. — Martin Luther King, Jr.