"Authority is something from which we are constantly……" — Federica Montseny
"Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller."
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18 Quotes by Federica Montseny
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We tried many times before to speed on the social revolution in Spain; attempted to stir up the feelings of…
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But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have…
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.
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Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy…
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Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a…
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The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight.
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We need no messiah and no sterile conception of a god menacing us with hell and purgatory.
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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.
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In Spain, we should have enough intelligence, enough sense of individual and collective responsibility to do for ourselves that which…
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In order to fully realise our aspirations, we must create in the masses of the people the sense of sacrifice…
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We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously,…
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