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Emma Goldman Quotes: 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?
         

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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The most violent element in society is ignorance.

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.

People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.



Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.

Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.



The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.



To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock.

To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock.



I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.



If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.



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.

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.



There's never been a good government.

There's never been a good government.



A revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having.

A revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having.





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It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.

It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.



Thinking of holding back is blowing it more than pushing your hardest and falling.

Thinking of holding back is blowing it more than pushing your hardest and falling.



To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.

To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.



Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools: Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell; Not left us women, or not threatened hell.

Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools: Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell; Not left us women, or not threatened hell.



I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.

I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.



in Hollywood, everyone wants what someone else wants. It's like a law.

in Hollywood, everyone wants what someone else wants. It's like a law.



I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents.

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We trust and believe in what we love.

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