"No, there is no need to fear life without government; we long for it with all of our hearts."

"It is the duty of us poor people to work and struggle to break the chains that make us slaves."

"As regards the mestizo population [of mixed Indian and Spanish heritage], which is the majority of the people of Mexico - with the exception of those who inhabited the great cities and large towns - they held the forests, lands, and bodies of water in common, just as the indigenous peoples did."

"Our authority is our own conscience. She is the one that pushes us, she is our spur. We are slaves, but to our duty."

"The Mexican people hate, by instinct, authority and the bourgeoisie."

"All that's left to be done is that the workers take possession of the factory, the workshop, the mine, the foundry, the railroad, the ship, in a word, everything - that they recognize no bosses of any type."