All Mikhail Bakunin Quotes
- From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. All
- By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have… Achieved
- Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so,… Conceives
- A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished. Abolish
- Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying. Economic
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting… All
- People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a… Anyway Free
- If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery. Domination
- This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only… Come Together
- Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain. Inspirational
- Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness. Crime
- The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we… Earth
- To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity… Anarchist
- Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa. Begins
- I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive… Appreciate
- Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker. All
- To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion. Anew
- Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. Despot
- He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. Bravely
- The privileged man, whether he be privileged politically or economically, is a man depraved in intellect and heart. Depraved
- A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of… Abolish
- But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or… Absolute
- The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not… Any
- Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations. Countless
- I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge. All