#ed

Free love? as if love is anything but free. Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#bought #brains #buy #failed #free

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#freedom #human #like #maintained #political

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. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#being #confronted #desires #emancipation #external

Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#caution #enough #enriched #foolish #idealists

Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#chained #greatest #hounded #imprisoned #nevertheless

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. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#entire #everything #expression #fabric #germ

Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#always #keep #mouths #need #open

Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#caution #enough #enriched #foolish #idealists

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? ↗

— Emma Goldman

#anything #criminal #function #glorified #indeed

There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up. ↗

— William Goldman

#crucial #first #followed #job #least