"All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its aim is the absolute subordination of the individual.


Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader (ed. Humanities Press International, 1996)

Emma Goldman Quotes

All government in essence, says Emerson, is tyranny. It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its...

All government in essence, says Emerson, is tyranny. It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its...

All government in essence, says Emerson, is tyranny. It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its...

All government in essence, says Emerson, is tyranny. It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its...