“Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.”
— Mikhail Bakunin
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: equality
Tags: equality, Mikhail Bakunin
Tag: Mikhail Bakunin
Thence results, for science as well as
“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
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: science
Tags: science, Mikhail Bakunin
This contradiction lies here: they wish God,
“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
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: god
Tags: god, Mikhail Bakunin
From the naturalistic point of view, all
“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
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: equality
Tags: equality, Mikhail Bakunin
The first revolt is against the supreme
“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
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: god
Tags: god, Mikhail Bakunin
The freedom of all is essential to
“The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.”
— Mikhail Bakunin
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: freedom
Tags: freedom, Mikhail Bakunin
A Boss in Heaven is the best
“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
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: god
Tags: god, Mikhail Bakunin
The liberty of man consists solely in
“The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been imposed upon him externally by any foreign will whatsoever, human or divine, collective or individual.”
— Mikhail Bakunin
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: nature
Tags: nature, Mikhail Bakunin
I listen to them freely and with
“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
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: respect
Tags: respect, Mikhail Bakunin
I am truly free only when all
“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
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: freedom
Tags: freedom, Mikhail Bakunin
Idealism is the despot of thought, just
“Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.”
— Mikhail Bakunin
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
Category: politics
Tags: politics, Mikhail Bakunin