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 1 Share Now -
I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge. - Mikhail Bakunin 2 Share Now -
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 3 Share Now -
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 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
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 6 Share Now -
Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying. - Mikhail Bakunin 7 Share Now -
I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge. - Mikhail Bakunin 8 Share Now -
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 9 Share Now -
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 10 Share Now -
