Federica Montseny

Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.

— Federica Montseny

We tried many times before to speed on the social revolution in Spain; attempted to stir up the feelings of the people…

— Federica Montseny

Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in…

— Federica Montseny

In order to fully realise our aspirations, we must create in the masses of the people the sense of sacrifice and responsibility…

— Federica Montseny

Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty,…

— Federica Montseny

The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.

— Federica Montseny

The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.

— Federica Montseny

The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight.

— Federica Montseny

We need no messiah and no sterile conception of a god menacing us with hell and purgatory.

— Federica Montseny

In Spain, we should have enough intelligence, enough sense of individual and collective responsibility to do for ourselves that which would be…

— Federica Montseny

Never will the Anarchists in Spain be made to suffer as they have been and are in Russia.

— Federica Montseny

I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the…

— Federica Montseny

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make…

— Federica Montseny

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right…

— Federica Montseny