Men and women ... do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that crushes you in order to sustain the ruling class, your masters. Like naïve children you put your trust in your political leaders. You make it possible for them to creep into your confidence, only to have them betray you to the first bidder. But even where there is no direct betrayal, the labour politicians make common cause with your enemies to keep you in leash, to prevent your direct action. The State is the pillar of capitalism, and it is ridiculous to expect any redress from it.
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest crimina… - Emma Goldman
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest crimina…
- Emma Goldman
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. - Emma Goldman
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
The most violent element in society is ignorance. - Emma Goldman
The most violent element in society is ignorance.
People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take. - Emma Goldman
People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.
You cannot build up a standing army and then throw it back into a box like tin soldiers. Armies equipped to the teeth with weapons, with highly devel… - Emma Goldman
You cannot build up a standing army and then throw it back into a box like tin soldiers. Armies equipped to the teeth with weapons, with highly devel…
The benefits brought to the Russian people by Bolshevism exist only on paper painted in glowing colors by Bolshevist propaganda. - Emma Goldman
The benefits brought to the Russian people by Bolshevism exist only on paper painted in glowing colors by Bolshevist propaganda.
There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics. - Emma Goldman
There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.
In modern capitalism economic exploitation rather than political oppression is the real enemy of the people. - Emma Goldman
In modern capitalism economic exploitation rather than political oppression is the real enemy of the people.
"All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance … - Emma Goldman
"All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance …
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