Nous vous montrerons, à vous les bolcheviques russes et espagnols, comment on fait la révolution et comment on la mène à son terme. Chez vous, il y a… - Buenaventura Durruti

Ne confiez jamais votre destin et la solution de vos problèmes aux professionnels de la politique et n'acceptez pas non plus que surgissent des leaders parmi vous. Les uns et les autres vous tromperont et vous ne sortirez pas de votre condition d'esclaves. Vous commencerez à être libre quand vous serez capable de mener vous-mêmes votre lutte.

We know what we want. To us it means nothing that there is a Soviet Union somewhere in the world, for the sake of whose peace and tranquility the workers of Germany and China were sacrificed to Fascist barbarians by Stalin. We want revolution here in Spain, right now, not maybe after the next European war. We are giving Hitler and Mussolini far more worry with our revolution than the whole Red Army of Russia. We are setting an example to the German and Italian working class on how to deal with Fascism.

I have been an Anarchist all my life. I hope I have remained one. I should consider it very sad indeed, had I to turn into a general and rule the men with a military rod. They have come to me voluntarily, they are ready to stake their lives in our antifascist fight. I believe, as I always have, in freedom. The freedom which rests on the sense of responsibility. I consider discipline indispensable, but it must be inner discipline, motivated by a common purpose and a strong feeling of comradeship.