F Montseny Quotes & Sayings

didn't look it. And — Diana Gabaldon

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. — Federica Montseny

But there are some times when words are necessary - when explanations are needed that mere gestures cannot convey. — Sarah J. Maas

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

There can be no peace with someone who wants to kill you. — David Horowitz

As she reached back for the buckle, her fingers met Mr. Meisner's. She jumped. "I can do this ... Sir."
"Ah." He brushed aside her fingers. "I see you've at least remembered the sir."
"One always calls gentlemen that, just as you
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With only a rustle of cloth to warn her, his teeth met in the lobe of her ear, sending a spark into her middle. Like the melt of winter snow, she felt heat pool in her lower body. Her fingers curled against her collarbone where her hands still rested either side of her neck.
"I'm not a gentleman, Faith. — Cari Silverwood

The chandelier's teardrop crystals twinkled above them like stars. It was easy to imagine that they were miles away from London, and that only the two of them existed. — Anna Bennett

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

In Spain, we should have enough intelligence, enough sense of individual and collective responsibility to do for ourselves that which would be imposed upon us by a dictatorship. — Federica Montseny

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. — Federica Montseny

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

The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight. — Federica Montseny

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. — Federica Montseny

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

It's like he has this power over me - like I have an eating disorder and he's a package of Oreo Double Stuff cookies. — Christopher Moore

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

We need no messiah and no sterile conception of a god menacing us with hell and purgatory. — Federica Montseny

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

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

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

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. — Federica Montseny

Perhaps if you win this one I can put a word in for you.You know, extra carrots and that sort of thing, a bit of molasses in the evening.A bigger brass plaque for your box at home."
"That's bribery," Keeley murmured.
Brian turned, his eyes going warm. "That's bargaining," he corrected. "But if I can interest you in a bribe," he began and opened the box door intending to snatch Keeley inside for a much anticipated welcome back kiss.
He nearly stepped over Mo. "Sorry. Didn't see you there."
"I'm short.That's my cross to bear. — Nora Roberts

Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them. — Marilyn Monroe

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

According to a charming law of nature which is evident even in the most sophisticated societies, we live in complete ignorance of whatever we love. — Marcel Proust

As a rule I do not like to explain my photographs, I want my pictures to be read and explored. I believe a good picture is open to many individual (subjective) associations. I am usually pleased when a viewer finds interpretations that I myself had not been aware of. — John Gutmann

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

I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I wanted to do or be. — Jami Attenberg

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

Never will the Anarchists in Spain be made to suffer as they have been and are in Russia. — Federica Montseny

If you could do what I do then you wouldn't be a hater/writer critiquing me, you would be my opponent facing me on the court. — Behdad Sami