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> [Governments have ever been known to hold a high hand over the education of the people. They know, better than anyone else, that their power is based almost entirely on the school. Hence, they monopolize it more and more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/governments-have-ever-been-known-to-hold-a-high-hand-over-the/)

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## More by Francesc Ferrer i Guardia

> [Governments have ever been known to hold a high hand over the education of the people. They know, better than anyone else, that their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/governments-have-ever-been-known-to-hold-a-high-hand-over-the/)

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> [Let no more gods or exploiters be served Let us learn rather to love one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/let-no-more-gods-or-exploiters-be-served-let-us-learn-rather-to-love/)

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> [It is a conspicuous fact in our modern Christian society that as a result and cumulation of our partriarchal development, the woman does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/it-is-a-conspicuous-fact-in-our-modern-christian-society-that-as-a/)

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> [We will not, therefore, lose our time praying to an imaginary god for things which our own exertions alone can procure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/we-will-not-therefore-lose-our-time-praying-to-an-imaginary-god-for/)

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> [When thier god and his exploiters cease to be adored and served, we shall live like comrades in mutual affection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/when-thier-god-and-his-exploiters-cease-to-be-adored-and-served-we/)

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> [When the masses become better informed about science, they will feel less need for help form supernatural Higher Powers. The need for religion will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/when-the-masses-become-better-informed-about-science-they-will-feel/)

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> [I desire that on no occasion ... shall demonstrations of a political or religious character be made before my remains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/i-desire-that-on-no-occasion-shall-demonstrations-of-a-political-or/)

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> [We must destroy all which in the present school answers to the organization of constraint, the artificial surroundings by which children are separated from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesc-ferrer-i-guardia/we-must-destroy-all-which-in-the-present-school-answers-to-the/)

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