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" Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think. "
Emma Goldman
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" One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing. "
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" 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. "
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" Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces for individual and social harmony. "
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" All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves. "
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" Crime is naught but misdirected energy. "
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" 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. "
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" Since every effort in our educational life seems to be directed toward making of the child a being foreign to itself, it must of necessity produce individuals foreign to one another, and in everlasting antagonism with each other. "
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" Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism. "
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" Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another. "
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" Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day. "
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" The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved. "
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