Emma Goldman
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Demographics
Gender Female
Birth Name Emma Goldman
Birthplace Kovno, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
Birth Date June 27, 1869
Ethnicity Jewish
Overview Ashkenazi
Nationality Russian, American
Career Philosopher, anarchist, political activist, writer
Color Season Soft Summer
Notes and Motifs
Ji idiosyncratic
Pi philosopher
Also known as Red Emma
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Goldman: “When we can't dream any longer we die.”
Goldman: “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.”
Goldman: “True [human] liberation, individual and collective, lies in our emancipation from authority and from the belief in it.”
Goldman: “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.”
Goldman: “Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world, the mottos of which are: 'To take is more blessed than to give'; 'buy cheap and sell dear'; 'one soiled hand washes the other.”
Goldman: “No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.”
Goldman: “The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.”
Goldman: “No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.”
Goldman: “Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.”
Havel: “Her energy in the furtherance of such an unpopular idea as Anarchism, her deep earnestness, her courage and abilities, find growing understanding and admiration.”
Havel: “But very few have succeeded in preserving their European education and culture while at the same time assimilating themselves with American life. It is difficult for the average man to form an adequate conception what strength, energy, and perseverance are necessary to absorb the unfamiliar language, habits, and customs of a new country, without the loss of one's own personality.”
Havel: “Emma Goldman is one of the few who, while thoroughly preserving their individuality, have become an important factor in the social and intellectual atmosphere of America.”
Havel: “The life she leads is rich in color, full of change and variety.”
[Regarding Emma Goldman’s conservative parents]
Havel: “As most parents, they had no inkling what a strange, impassioned spirit would take hold of the soul of their child, and carry it to the heights which separate generations in eternal struggle.”
Havel: “Already in her tenderest youth the seeds of rebellion and unrelenting hatred of oppression were to be planted in the heart of Emma Goldman.”
Havel: “And the little girl, her heart palpitating with sympathy, would abstract coins from the parental drawer to clandestinely press the money into the hands of the unfortunate women. Thus Emma Goldman's most striking characteristic, her sympathy with the underdog, already became manifest in these early years.”
Havel: “It was inevitable that the young dreamer from Königsberg should be drawn into the maelstrom. To remain outside of the circle of free ideas meant a life of vegetation, of death.”
Havel: “The parents could not comprehend what interest their daughter could find in the new ideas, which they themselves considered fantastic utopias. They strove to persuade the young girl out of these chimeras, and daily repetition of soul-racking disputes was the result.”