Federica Montseny Quotes


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.


Citations

Montseny, Federica. Militant Anarchism and the Reality in Spain. Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation, 1937.

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Federica Montseny
Federica Montseny
  • Born: February 12, 1905
  • Died: January 14, 1994
  • Nationality: Spanish
  • Profession: Activist

Federica Montseny Mañé was a Spanish anarchist and intellectual who served as Minister of Health and Social Policy of the Government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Civil War.