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No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.
Emma Goldman
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Emma Goldman
Age: 70 †
Born: 1869
Born: June 27
Died: 1940
Died: May 14
Anarchist
Autobiographer
Feminist
Journalist
Lecturer
Nurse
Peace Activist
Philosopher
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Kovno
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The majority cannot reason it has no judgement. It has always placed its destiny in the hands of others it has followed its leaders even into destruction. The mass has always opposed, condemned, and hounded the innovator, the pioneer of a new truth.
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[Woman's] life-long economic parasitism has utterly blurred her conception of the meaning of equality.
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The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.
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Morality and its victim, the mother - what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood?
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A revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having.
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Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.
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Yes, love is free it can dwell in no other atmosphere.
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... nothing satisfies the craving of most women so much as scandal.
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Every society has the criminals it deserves.
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