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 Read Quote
The privileged man, whether he be privileged politically or economically, is a man depraved in intellect and heart. Mikhail Bakunin Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty – by ceasing to exist. Mikhail Bakunin Read Quote
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 Read Quote
