Federica Quotes & Sayings

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

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

Hard words indeed break no bones, but many a heart has been broken by them. — Matthew Henry

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

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

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

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

Unsignificantly
off the coast
there was
a splash quite unnoticed
this was
Icarus drowning — William Carlos Williams

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

Politicians are like God. No one believes in them, they haven't done anything for ages, and they give jobs to their immediate family — Andy Zaltzman

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

Whether running, biking, swimming, or dancing, I just like to always be on the move. — Karlie Kloss

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

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

I want to work and be happy. — Rickie Lee Jones

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

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

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

A Killer Brand exists when an entity derives a disproportionate amount of success in its category because of a compelling and differentiated expectation that comes to be associated with its name. — Frank Lane

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

I'm not going to ride on a magic carpet!" he hissed. "I'm afraid of grounds!" "You mean heights," said Conina. "And stop being silly." "I know what I mean! It's the grounds that kill you!" The — Terry Pratchett

We are but a bunch of neurons. — Abhijit Naskar

An observant child should be put in the way of things worth observing. — Charlotte Mason

Would PBS go so far as to give air time to an even more extreme kind of disinformer, a Holocaust denier? — Joseph J. Romm

I believe you vere an alcoholic, Sir Samuel."
"No," said Vimes, completely taken aback, "I was a drunk. You have to be richer than I was to
be an alcoholic. — Terry Pratchett

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

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

I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and prove to everyone that I'm capable of doing it," it really isn't that, I think that's a bad reason to choose roles. It's more like, who would I be working with and would they be fun to do and entertaining to watch, is it an interesting story or character. — Steve Carell

Antonelli? you mean that little slave girl?
I'll be damned. i guess we can't really call you that though can we? No, Federica's grandbaby isn't a slave. she's family.
what did you just say Gia?
I said she's Federica's grandbaby. what you didn't know?
No, I knew , but how did you?
Antonio told me ages ago. He was planing to kill that salamander when he found out, but he never got the chance.
why didn't you ever say anything?
You never asked, Besides, you all think I'm crazy, anyway. Would you have believed me?
No I probably wouldn't have. — J.M. Darhower

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