Hermanos Zaizar, La Valentina

"It's not rebels who create the problems of the world,
it is the problems of the world that create rebels."

“How far is the ideal, how far! A mirage in the desert, a phantasm of the steppes, the twinkling image of a star reflected in a lake. First was the bottomless abyss separating humanity from the promised land. How to fill this abyss? How to plug it? How to reach the inviting beach that we divine is on the far shore? Defending the abyss are prejudices, traditions, religious fanaticism, the law. In order to be able to cross this abyss, one must vanquish its defenders until the abyss is filled with blood and then sail over this new red sea.” (190 “Liberty Equality Fraternity”) [Ricardo Flores Magón]

The Presidential Succesion of 1910, Francisco I. Madero

"With these events I understood that those who wanted a change in the sense that our Constitution would be respected, and that this would become a fact, we had nothing to expect from the people above us. We needed to trust in our own efforts."

"Nonetheless, if the problem presented itself harder, at the same time, it started to feel a loss of those guarantees provided by the Constitution; some friends of mine, full of noble outrage could perceive the sinister sparks of those attempts, that with their light, it's ink in blood, lit up our wounds and then we understood that the subtle venom was invading our organism and if we wouldn't make an effort in putting an energic and efficient remedy, soon our disease would be incurable, and weakened by it, we would not have the strength  to fight against one of the  tempestuous 'huracanades' that threaten us and would then be exposed to succumb to the first swoosh of a strong wind, endangering even our own nationality."

"Aside from such reasons, I took into consideration a very important one and that is the character of our race that is merely impulsive, capable in any given moment of a great effort but incapable of sustaining a long battle. I'm referring to the battles in the idea realm, rather than those with guns in hand on which it has proven of unbreakable consistency, when it's independence has tried to be conquered or defending their sovereignty."

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Any resemblance with modern events is

not mere coincidence.

Now, which Revolution are we talking about?

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