Quotes from A New Declaration of Independence — Emma Goldman
1869–1940 Russia
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Government exists but to maintain special privilege and property rights; it coerces man into submission and therefore robs him of dignity, self-respect, and life.
A New Declaration of Independence (1909)
When, in the course of human development, existing institutions prove inadequate to the needs of man, when they serve merely to enslave, rob, and oppress mankind, the people have the eternal right to rebel against, and overthrow, these institutions.
A New Declaration of Independence (1909)