No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law?
Emma GoldmanPublishers, theatrical managers, and critics ask not for the quality inherent in creative art, but will it meet with a good sale, will it suit the palate of the people? Alas, this palate is like a dumping ground; it relishes anything that needs no mental mastication. As a result, the mediocre, the ordinary, the commonplace represents the chief literary output.
Emma GoldmanThe pathos of it all is that the America which is to be protected by a huge military force is not the America of the people, but that of the privileged class.
Emma GoldmanIf they do not give you work, demand bread. If they deny you both, take bread. It is your sacred right!
Emma Goldman