Emma Goldman: “Anarchism: What It Really Stands For”

( 1910 ) Commentary by Ron Briley, Sandia Preparatory School

“Crime is naught but misdirected energy. So long as every institution of today, economic, political, social, and moral, conspires to misdirect human energy into wrong channels; so long as most people are out of place doing the things they hate to do, living a life they loathe to live, crime will be inevitable, and all the laws on the statutes can only increase, but never do away with, crime.” - “Anarchism: What It Really Stands For”
“Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; and liberation from the shackles and restraint of government.” - “Anarchism: What It Really Stands For”
“Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth; an order that will guarantee to every human being free access to the earth and full enjoyment of the necessities of life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations.” - “Anarchism: What It Really Stands For”

Emma Goldman (Library of Congress)

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