On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.
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The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.
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What this quote means
Revolutionary social change aims to uphold human dignity and rights.
In this quote, Emma Goldman emphasizes that the primary goal of any revolutionary movement should be the enhancement of human life and the validation of individual dignity. It highlights the importance of securing fundamental rights, such as liberty and well-being, for every person as the ultimate aspiration of societal transformation.
Themes
RevolutionSocial ChangeHuman RightsDignityLiberty
In practice
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In a speech about social justice, one might say, 'As Emma Goldman pointed out, the ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life.'
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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.
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John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a complete transformation when torn from their soil in field and forest. With human nature caged in a narrow space, whipped daily into submission, how can we speak of its potentialities?
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Anarchism is the only philosophy which brings to man the consciousness of himself; which maintains that God, the State, and society are non-existent, that their promises are null and void, since they can be fulfilled only through man's subordination.
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If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.
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