Emma Goldman Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.”

“Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.”

“Crime is naught but misdirected energy.”

“The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land.”

“One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.”

“It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former is inherent, the other is grafted on.”

“To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock.”

“Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.”

“Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism.”

“In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.”