"When the people are being beaten with a……" — Mikhail Bakunin

"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the People's Stick."

— Mikhail Bakunin

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79 Quotes by Mikhail Bakunin

Mikhail Bakunin has 79 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic…
By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more…
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he…
A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would…
Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.
I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men,…
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery,…
If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery.
This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated,…
Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.
Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have…

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There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who've had their… — Kevyn Aucoin
The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think… — Roger Bannister
I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I… — Drew Barrymore
You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you. — Yogi Berra
One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then. — John Burroughs
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off… — Samuel Butler
If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten. — George Carlin
I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried… — Stokely Carmichael
I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women… — Noam Chomsky
Rest in natural great peace, this exhausted mind, beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought, like the relentless fury of… — Unknown Author
They have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting to be happy together are invading their marriages.… — Barney Frank
You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.… — Bruce Lee

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