Abolish Quote by Mikhail Bakunin

“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 Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.”

Mikhail Bakunin

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Throw a theory into the fire; it only spoils life.

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He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

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