Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine Power? Based upon fear and hope, such morality has always been a vile product, imbued partiy with self-righteousness, partly with hypocrisy.
Emma GoldmanTrue emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in the courts. It begins in woman's soul.
Emma Goldmanall government, whatever its forms or pretenses, is a dead weight that paralyzes the free spirit and activities of the masses.
Emma GoldmanThe persecution of the innovator and protestant has always been inspired by fear on the part of constituted authority of having its infallibility questioned and its power undermined.
Emma GoldmanThe poor, stupid, free American citizen! Free to starve, free to tramp the highways of this great country, he enjoys universal suffrage, and by that right, he has forged chains around his limbs. The reward that he receives is stringent labor laws prohibiting the right of boycott, of picketing, of everything, except the right to be robbed of the fruits of his labor.
Emma Goldman