Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was an American anarchist who was also known as "Red Emma". She was active in labour rights movement and was known for fiery rhetoric. She was eventually deported to Soviet Union which she had been opposing all along. She returned to the United States in 1924.

Wisdom & Quotes

• There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.
• True, the movement for woman's rights has broken many old fetters, but it has also forged new ones.

- The Tragedy of Women's Emancipation, Anarchism and Other Essays

• Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.

- The Tragedy of Women's Emancipation, Anarchism and Other Essays

• 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.

- My Further Disillusion

• It is organized violence on top which creates individual violence at the bottom.

- statement to the jury (June 15, 1917)

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