A young delicate tree, that is being clipped and cut by the gardener in order to give it an artificial form, will never reach the majestic height and… - Emma Goldman

The STATE IDEA, the authoritarian principle, has been proven bankrupt by the experience of the Russian Revolution. If I were to sum up my whole argument in one sentence I should say: The inherent tendency of the State is to concentrate, to narrow, and monopolize all social activities; the nature of revolution is, on the contrary, to grow, to broaden, and disseminate itself in ever-wider circles. In other words, the State is institutional and static; revolution is fluent, dynamic. These two tendencies are incompatible and mutually destructive. The State idea killed the Russian Revolution and it must have the same result in all other revolutions, unless the libertarian idea prevail.

Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

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.