John Teller: The first time I read Emma Goldman wasn't in a book. I was sixteen, hiking near the Nevada border. The quote was painted on a wall in red. When I saw those words, it was like someone ripped them from inside my head.
John Teller: The concept was pure, simple, true. It inspired me. It lit a rebellious fire, but ultimately I learned the lesson that Goldman, Proudhom, and the others learned. That true freedom requires sacrifice and pain. Most human beings only think they want freedom. In truth, they yearn for the bondage of social order, rigid laws, materialism. The only freedom man really wants is the freedom to become comfortable.
