Emma Goldman Quote on Women’s Suffrage and Politics

„There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.“

Emma GoldmanEmma Goldman expresses skepticism that women's suffrage will significantly improve politics.
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Emma Goldman was a Latvian-American anarchist, political activist, and writer known for her radical views on freedom, social justice, and anarchist philosophy.

Emma Goldman expresses skepticism about the impact of women's suffrage on politics.


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Emma Goldman quote about women's suffrage and politics

Emma Goldman (1869–1940) was a prominent anarchist and political activist famous for her speeches, writings, and commitment to workers' rights, women's rights, and social revolution. She emigrated from Russia to the USA and was a central figure in the anarchist movement of the early 20th century.

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"It has long been obvious in the Western tribal countries of democracy that the promises inherent in this concept will probably remain unfulfilled: Politics is losing ground dramatically to the power of the markets; supposedly democratic systems are firmly in the hands of powerfully organized interests and have less and less to do with popular sovereignty - if there ever was any. Social inequality and the disenfranchisement and reification of citizens as mere administrative objects or human resources are advancing inexorably - though every step of disenfranchisement is communicated as emancipatory gain." Ingolfur Blühdorn
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