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

~Federica Montseny

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

~Federica Montseny

Topics: Anarchist Changed Ideals Never Old Our Position Pursue Same Say Still Wish I Wish

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

~Federica Montseny

Topics: Anarchist Basic Creed Dignity Elements Human Human Dignity Liberty Love Sense

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

~Federica Montseny

Topics: Alone Fascism Great Lives Our Our Lives Over Sacrifice Struggle Triumph Worth

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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.

~Federica Montseny

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Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty, from the depths of honest men there emerges a brutish appetite - a thirst for extermination, a desire for blood.

~Federica Montseny

Topics: Always Appetite Better Blood Depths Desire Emerges Hearts Honest Honesty Known Latent Men Neither Nor Rogues Springs Them Thirst Worse

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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.

~Federica Montseny

Topics: Attempted Banner Before Communism Feelings Libertarian Many People Raise Revolution Social Spain Speed Stir Times Tried Up

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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.

~Federica Montseny

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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.

~Federica Montseny

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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.

~Federica Montseny

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Biography

Nationality: Spanish

Type: Activist

Born: February 12th, 1905

Died: January 14th, 1994

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