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Mikhail Bakunin Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only to destroy each other Picture Quote #1

Thence results, for science as well as for industry, the necessity of the division and association of labor. I receive and I give - such is human life. Each directs and is directed in his turn Picture Quote #1

The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on Earth Picture Quote #1

Political freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Look at Christ, my dear friend: His life was divine through and through, full of self-denial, and He did everything for mankind, finding His satisfaction and His delight in the dissolution of His material being Picture Quote #1

I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all it's details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge Picture Quote #1

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations Picture Quote #1

A boss in heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore if God did exist, he would have to be abolished Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We wish, in a word, equality - equality in fact as a corollary, or rather, as primordial condition of liberty. From each according to his faculties, to each according to his needs; that is what we wish sincerely and energetically Picture Quote #1

If there be a human being who is freer than I, then I shall necessarily become his slave. If I am freer than any other, then he will become my slave. Therefore equality is an absolutely necessary condition of freedom Picture Quote #1

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But it will scarcely be any easier on the people if the cudgel with which they are beaten is called the people's cudgel Picture Quote #1

I shall continue to be an impossible person so long as those who are now possible remain possible Picture Quote #1

All religions are cruel, all founded on blood; for all rest principally on the idea of sacrifice - that is, on the perpetual immolation of humanity to the insatiable vengeance of divinity Picture Quote #1

Nothing, in fact, is as universal or as ancient as the iniquitous and absurd; truth and justice, on the contrary, are the least universal, the youngest features in the development of human society Picture Quote #1

Of escape there are but three methods - two chimerical and a third real. The first two are the dram shop and the church, debauchery of the body or debauchery of the mind; the third is social revolution Picture Quote #1

The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual Picture Quote #1

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We must make a very precise distinction between the official and consequently dictatorial prerogatives of society organized as a state, and of the natural influence and action of the members of a non-official, non-artificial society Picture Quote #1

The peoples' revolution... Will arrange it's revolutionary organisation from the bottom up and from the periphery to the centre, in keeping with the principle of liberty Picture Quote #1

Human nature is so constituted that the propensity for evil is always intensified by external circumstances, and the morality of the individual depends much more on the conditions of his existence and the environment in which he lives than on his own will Picture Quote #1

No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker Picture Quote #1

When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the People's Stick Picture Quote #1

Liberty is so great a magician, endowed with so marvelous a power of productivity, that under the inspiration of this spirit alone, north America was able within less than a century to equal, and even surpass, the civilization of Europe Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only to destroy each other (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Thence results, for science as well as for industry, the necessity of the division and association of labor. I receive and I give - such is human life. Each directs and is directed in his turn (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on Earth (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Political freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) 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 Quotes) Look at Christ, my dear friend: His life was divine through and through, full of self-denial, and He did everything for mankind, finding His satisfaction and His delight in the dissolution of His material being (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all it's details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) A boss in heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore if God did exist, he would have to be abolished (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) We wish, in a word, equality - equality in fact as a corollary, or rather, as primordial condition of liberty. From each according to his faculties, to each according to his needs; that is what we wish sincerely and energetically (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) If there be a human being who is freer than I, then I shall necessarily become his slave. If I am freer than any other, then he will become my slave. Therefore equality is an absolutely necessary condition of freedom (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) But it will scarcely be any easier on the people if the cudgel with which they are beaten is called the people's cudgel (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) I shall continue to be an impossible person so long as those who are now possible remain possible (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) All religions are cruel, all founded on blood; for all rest principally on the idea of sacrifice - that is, on the perpetual immolation of humanity to the insatiable vengeance of divinity (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Nothing, in fact, is as universal or as ancient as the iniquitous and absurd; truth and justice, on the contrary, are the least universal, the youngest features in the development of human society (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Of escape there are but three methods - two chimerical and a third real. The first two are the dram shop and the church, debauchery of the body or debauchery of the mind; the third is social revolution (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) We must make a very precise distinction between the official and consequently dictatorial prerogatives of society organized as a state, and of the natural influence and action of the members of a non-official, non-artificial society (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) The peoples' revolution... Will arrange it's revolutionary organisation from the bottom up and from the periphery to the centre, in keeping with the principle of liberty (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Human nature is so constituted that the propensity for evil is always intensified by external circumstances, and the morality of the individual depends much more on the conditions of his existence and the environment in which he lives than on his own will (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the People's Stick (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes) Liberty is so great a magician, endowed with so marvelous a power of productivity, that under the inspiration of this spirit alone, north America was able within less than a century to equal, and even surpass, the civilization of Europe (Mikhail Bakunin Quotes)

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