Emma Goldman

"The most radical act is to speak truth to power."

"Love is the only force that can truly transform the world."

"The most vital right is the right to love and be loved."

"I demand the right to think for myself, even if it means standing alone."

"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel and the first of the tyrant."

"The tragedy of our age is not rebellion but conformity."

"Woman's degradation is in man's idea of his sexual rights."

"Every society has the criminals it deserves."

"The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair."

"I believe that environment is a tremendous factor in the development of an individual."

"Art is the only way to express the inexpressible."

"The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women."

"True love begins when nothing is looked for in return."

"We cannot destroy what we do not understand."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific advance."

"The great revolutionary revolutions of the world have never come from outside; they have always come from within."

"I am an anarchist not because I believe anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a final goal."

"Most people fail in life not because they lack ability, but because they lack persistence."

"The time is past when we can afford to worship the god of might."

"If I can't dance in your revolution, I don't want to be part of it."

"Morality and laws are two totally different things."

"The ultimate goal of all activity is the perfect man or woman."

"We learn from history that we learn nothing from history."

"Luxury is not a necessity; necessity is the beginning of luxury."

"The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship."

"Marriage and love have nothing in common."

"I wish I could convert the whole world to anarchism."

"The most revolutionary thing one can do at this moment is to be publicly happy."

"The State is a cold monster, and coldly it tells lies."