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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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"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."

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

"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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"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."


"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."


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


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


"We tried many times before to speed on the social revolution in Spain; attempted to stir up the feelings of the people and to raise the banner of Libertarian Communism."


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


"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."


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