Emma Goldman Quotes
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.
Goldman, Emma. Anarchism and Other Essays. Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1910, p. 224.
This quotation many think is the greatest statement of political equality ever written. Interestingly is also lays an obligation on all people for all others. It was written by a privileged nobleman, a Baron, who was instrumental philosophically and politically in establishing the Batavia Republic in Holland.
Emma Goldman was an anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.