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Mikhail Bakunin Quotes

The urge for destruction is also a creative urge! Picture Quote #1

If there is a state, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery Picture Quote #1

Throw a theory into the fire; it only spoils life Picture Quote #1

From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs Picture Quote #1

Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain Picture Quote #1

Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary Picture Quote #1

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Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will Picture Quote #1

It clearly follows that to make men moral it is necessary to make their social environment moral. And that can be done in only one way; by assuring the triumph of justice, that is, the complete liberty of everyone in the most perfect equality for all. Inequality of conditions and rights, and the resulting lack of liberty for all, is the great collective iniquity begetting all individual iniquities Picture Quote #1

All religions, with their gods, their demigods, and their prophets, their messiahs and their saints, were created by the credulous fancy of men who had not attained the full development and full possession of their faculties Picture Quote #1

Children do not constitute anyone’s property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom Picture Quote #1

We are convinced that liberty without socialism is privilege, injustice; and that socialism without liberty is slavery and brutality Picture Quote #1

A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts from his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his causes Picture Quote #1

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Real humanity presents a mixture of all that is most sublime and beautiful with all that is vilest and most monstrous in the world Picture Quote #1

Those mutually opposed manifestos are written with the same eloquence, they breathe the same virtuous indignation, and one is just as sincere as the other; that is to say both of them are equally brazen in their lies, and it is only fools who are deceived by them. Sensible persons, all those who have had some political experience, do not even take the trouble of reading such manifestos Picture Quote #1

The organization of society is always and everywhere the unique cause of the crimes committed by individuals Picture Quote #1

The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights Picture Quote #1

A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his cause. If we seek the liberation of the people by means of a lie, we will surely grow confused, go astray, and loose sight of our objective, and if we have any influence at all on the people we will lead them astray as well-in other words, we will be acting in the spirit of reaction and to its benefit Picture Quote #1

Revolution requires extensive and widespread destruction, a fecund and renovating destruction, since in this way and only this way are new worlds born Picture Quote #1

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Everything that lives, does so under the categorical condition of decisively interfering in the life of someone else Picture Quote #1

Collective property and individual property, these two banners will be the standards under which, from now on, the great battles of the future will be fought Picture Quote #1

In antiquity slaves were, in all honesty called slaves. In the middle ages, they took the name of serfs. Nowadays they are called wage earners Picture Quote #1

We must spread our principles, not with words but with deeds, for this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda Picture Quote #1

It is the characteristic of privilege and of every privileged position to kill the mind and heart of men. The privileged man, whether practically or economically, is a man depraved in mind and heart Picture Quote #1

Liberty means that a man is recognized as free and treated as free by those who surround him Picture Quote #1

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Intellectual slavery, of whatever nature it may be, will always have as a natural result both political and social slavery Picture Quote #1

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 inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds Picture Quote #1

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason Picture Quote #1

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 never taken a single step forward Picture Quote #1

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The urge for destruction is also a creative urge! (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) If there is a state, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Throw a theory into the fire; it only spoils life (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) It clearly follows that to make men moral it is necessary to make their social environment moral. And that can be done in only one way; by assuring the triumph of justice, that is, the complete liberty of everyone in the most perfect equality for all. Inequality of conditions and rights, and the resulting lack of liberty for all, is the great collective iniquity begetting all individual iniquities (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) All religions, with their gods, their demigods, and their prophets, their messiahs and their saints, were created by the credulous fancy of men who had not attained the full development and full possession of their faculties (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Children do not constitute anyone’s property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) We are convinced that liberty without socialism is privilege, injustice; and that socialism without liberty is slavery and brutality (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts from his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his causes (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Real humanity presents a mixture of all that is most sublime and beautiful with all that is vilest and most monstrous in the world (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Those mutually opposed manifestos are written with the same eloquence, they breathe the same virtuous indignation, and one is just as sincere as the other; that is to say both of them are equally brazen in their lies, and it is only fools who are deceived by them. Sensible persons, all those who have had some political experience, do not even take the trouble of reading such manifestos (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) The organization of society is always and everywhere the unique cause of the crimes committed by individuals (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his cause. If we seek the liberation of the people by means of a lie, we will surely grow confused, go astray, and loose sight of our objective, and if we have any influence at all on the people we will lead them astray as well-in other words, we will be acting in the spirit of reaction and to its benefit (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Revolution requires extensive and widespread destruction, a fecund and renovating destruction, since in this way and only this way are new worlds born (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Everything that lives, does so under the categorical condition of decisively interfering in the life of someone else (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Collective property and individual property, these two banners will be the standards under which, from now on, the great battles of the future will be fought (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) In antiquity slaves were, in all honesty called slaves. In the middle ages, they took the name of serfs. Nowadays they are called wage earners (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) We must spread our principles, not with words but with deeds, for this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) It is the characteristic of privilege and of every privileged position to kill the mind and heart of men. The privileged man, whether practically or economically, is a man depraved in mind and heart (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Liberty means that a man is recognized as free and treated as free by those who surround him (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Intellectual slavery, of whatever nature it may be, will always have as a natural result both political and social slavery (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) 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 inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) 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 (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) 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 never taken a single step forward (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes)

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