“Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.”
Quote by Emma Goldman
Work
Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader
This reader compiles a selection of Emma Goldman's speeches and essays, offering insights into her advocacy for labor rights, feminism, and anarchism. The volume includes her influential works that have shaped the discourse on social and political issues. more
Author
Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman was a prominent American writer, lecturer, and activist, known for her work in anarchism and feminism. Born on June 27, 1869, in Lithuania, she immigrated to the United States in her teens. Goldman's life was marked by her advocacy for workers' rights, free speech, and sexual liberation. She was a key figure in the American labor movement and the early 20th-century radical movement. Her influential writings and speaking engagements made her a leading voice in the fight for social and political change. She passed away on May 14, 1940. more
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