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)

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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