"No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges."

Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish Revolutionary

Government, Power, Fascism

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"No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges."

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"Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us."

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"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."

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"The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power."

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"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."

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"The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history."

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"It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers, can build others to take their place. And better ones! We are not in the least afraid of ruins."

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"We are ready to end fascism once and for all, even in spite of the Republican government."

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"We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing this minute."

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"There are only two roads, victory for the working class, freedom, or victory for the fascists which means tyranny. Both combatants know what's in store for the loser."

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"We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that."

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