Published Essays and Pamphlets
Samuel Gompersby Emma Goldman[Published in The Road to Freedom (New York), Vol. 1,
March 1925.]
The numerous tributes paid to the late President of the American
Federation of Labor, emphasized his great leadership. "Gompers
was a leader of men," they said. One would have expected that the
disaster brought upon the world by leadership would have proven
that to be a leader of men is far from a virtue. Rather is it a
vise for which those who are being led are usually made to pay
very heavily.
The last fifteen years are replete with examples of what the
leaders of men have done to the peoples of the world. The Lenins,
Clemenceaus, the Lloyd Georges and Wilson, have all posed as
great lead... (From : Anarchy Archives.)