“Anarchists or revolutionists can no more be made than musicians.”

— Emma Goldman, Preface, Anarchism and Other Essays (1910)

About Emma Goldman

1869 – 1940

Lithuanian-born American anarchist and writer.

“Motherhood in the true sense should embrace all children.”

“Free love? As if love is anything but free!”

“Yes, love is free; it can dwell in no other atmosphere.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”