Russian - Activist | June 27, 1869 - May 14, 1940
All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.
Emma Goldman
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The most violent element in society is ignorance.
IgnoranceSocietyMostViolent
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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One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.
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No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.
GreatTimeBeginningLawPlaceUs
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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Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.
WorldEnoughWindsFoolishCaution
Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.
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Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.
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The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.
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Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed.
StrongLookWayEverythingWhatever
Merely external emancipation has made of the modern woman an artificial being. Now, woman is confronted with the necessity of emancipating herself from emancipation, if she really desires to be free.
WomanFreeNowSheModernNecessity
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