In antiquity slaves were, in all honesty called slaves. In the middle ages, they took the name of serfs. Nowadays they are… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my undertakings; it would… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
If there be a human being who is freer than I, then I shall necessarily become his slave. If I am freer… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
If God is, man is a slave; now, man can and must be free; then, God does not exist. I defy anyone… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth. — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
“Slavery may change its form or its name—its essence remains the same. Its essence may be expressed in these words: to be… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
It clearly follows that to make men moral it is necessary to make their social environment moral. And that can be done in only… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
There are but three ways for the populace to escape its wretched lot. The first two are by the routes of the wine-shop or… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Whoever says State necessarily says domination, and, consequently, slavery; a State without slavery, open or concealed, is inconceivable: that is why we are enemies… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
“Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the bootmaker;… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left for profitable crooked deals… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
I am not myself free or human until or unless I recognize the freedom and humanity of all my fellowmen... I am truly free… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
In antiquity slaves were, in all honesty called slaves. In the middle ages, they took the name of serfs. Nowadays they are called wage… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
They maintain that only a dictatorship - their dictatorship, of course - can create the will of the people, while our answer to this… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
“The masses, on admitting their own incapacity to govern themselves, have elected me as their head By doing so, they have clearly proclaimed their… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
We must overthrow the material and moral conditions of our present-day life. . . . We must first purify our atmosphere and completely transform… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights. — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
