QUOTES
If
the production of any commodity necessitates the sacrifice of human life, society
should do without that commodity, but it can not do without that life.
The
history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to
espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body,
or the woman's right to her soul.
The
contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about
as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily
armed.
All
wars are wars among thieves who are too cowardly to fight and who therefore induce
the young manhood of the whole world to do the fighting for them.
“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.”
“The
most violent element in society is ignorance.”
"No
one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden
in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock
that treasure."
"I
want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant
things."
