Goldman

Famous quotes containing the word goldman:

    The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed. The experience of every-day life fully proves that the armed individual is invariably anxious to try his strength. The same is historically true of governments. Really peaceful countries do not waste life and energy in war preparations, with the result that peace is maintained.
    —Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

    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 (1869–1940)

    One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.
    —Emma Goldman (1869–1940)