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"But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights."
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"Not being treated as equal IS oppression."

"The principle is twofold, do not forget. The book, as a book, belongs to the author, but as a thought, it belongs " the word is not too extreme " to the human race. All intelligences, all minds, are eligible, all own it. If one of these two rights, the right of the writer and the right of the human mind, were to be sacrificed, it would certainly be the right of the writer, because the public interest is our only concern, and that must take precedence in anything that comes before us."

"Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing."

"Your right in a civilized society is to have freedom."

"Time will come and riding horses will be seen by the whole society as a severe animal rights violation!"

"It is more informative how we treat things with no defined legal rights, than how we treat things with legal rights."

"If I am ever unexpectedly stopped in my car by the police, my response after pulling over in a populated area is to politely and clearly inform them that I am unarmed, I am recording everything, if they want to take me to the police station that they will need to appoint a lawyer, and I am now using my USA federal right to silence."
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"If all our comrades of Europe, America and other countries, who do not understand what we are doing to Spanish Anarchism, would come to Spain, we could then see how they would react."


"There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists."


"Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in Spain, was a hundred years behind the times."


"We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously, is blind and destructive, grandiose and cruel."


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


"In order to fully realise our aspirations, we must create in the masses of the people the sense of sacrifice and responsibility that has been the characteristic of the anarchist movement throughout its historic development in Spain."


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


"And we will accept the creation of the Iberian Federation of a socialist republic which will give each region the right to construct its life in accordance with its economic possibilities and political preponderance."
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