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Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be.

~Emma Goldman

Topics: Effort Essentially Good Her Make Naturally Others Ought Relentless She Thinks Woman

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

~Emma Goldman

Topics: Advanced Caution Enough Enriched Foolish Idealists Mankind Throw Winds World

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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

Topics: Artificial Being Confronted Desires Emancipation External Free Herself Made Merely Modern Modern Woman Necessity Now Really She Woman

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It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former is inherent, the other is grafted on.

~Emma Goldman

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Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian.

~Emma Goldman

Topics: Attempt Been Change Conditions Daring Every Existing Great Human Human Race Labeled Lofty Make New Possibilities Race Utopian Vision

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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.

~Emma Goldman

Topics: Body Consist Does Fact Her Moralist Much Out Rather Sells She Wedlock Woman

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

~Emma Goldman

Topics: Although Chained Greatest Imprisoned Nevertheless Puritanism Triumph

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

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The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

~Emma Goldman

Topics: Independence Most Sin Society Thought

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Crime is naught but misdirected energy.

~Emma Goldman

Topics: Crime Energy Naught

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Activist

Born: June 27th, 1869

Died: May 14th, 1940

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