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 Respect
I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge. -Mikhail Bakunin Positive
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, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it. -Mikhail Bakunin Freedom
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. -Mikhail Bakunin Men
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 such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person. -Mikhail Bakunin Respect
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. -Mikhail Bakunin Hope
Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying. -Mikhail Bakunin Freedom
I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge. -Mikhail Bakunin Knowledge
Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my undertakings; it would immediately transform me into a stupid slave, an instrument of the will and interests of others. -Mikhail Bakunin Success
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 my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation. -Mikhail Bakunin Women
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. -Mikhail Bakunin God
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. -Mikhail Bakunin Equality
I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure. -Mikhail Bakunin Intelligence
I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure. -Mikhail Bakunin Respect
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 such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person. -Mikhail Bakunin Faith
Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying. -Mikhail Bakunin Equality
Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations. -Mikhail Bakunin Society
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 my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation. -Mikhail Bakunin Freedom
Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my undertakings; it would immediately transform me into a stupid slave, an instrument of the will and interests of others. -Mikhail Bakunin Faith
