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"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."
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"To be always what I am - and so changed from what I was."

"I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could be weakened like a child."

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


"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."


"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 is, therefore, no solution possible other than an economy directed by the workers through their organisations of control-through the workers' syndicates."


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


"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."


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


"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."


"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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