To the indefinite, uncertain mind of the American radical the most contradictory ideas and methods are possible. The result is a sad chaos in the radical movement, a sort of intellectual hash, which has neither taste nor character.
Emma GoldmanUnder miserable conditions of life, any vision of the possibility of better things makes the present misery more intolerable, and spurs those who suffer to the most energetic struggles to improve their lot, and if these struggles only immediately result in sharper misery, the outcome is sheer desperation.
Emma GoldmanPerhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most.
Emma Goldmanso few people realize that preparedness never leads to peace, but that it is indeed the road to universal slaughter.
Emma Goldman