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Mikhail Bakunin Quotes

Mikhail Bakunin quotes

Russian Revolutionary, Writer, Philosopher May 30, 1814 – June 13, 1876

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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
The supreme law of the State is self-preservation at any cost. And since all States, ever since they came to exist upon the earth, have been condemned to perpetual struggle? a struggle against their own populations, whom they oppress and ruin, a struggle against all foreign States, every one of which can be strong only if the others are weak? and since the States cannot hold their own in this struggle unless they constantly keep on augmenting their power against their own subjects as well as... Mikhail Bakunin
But here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. He makes man ashamed of his bestial ignorance and obedience; he emancipates him, stamps upon his brow the seal of liberty and humanity, in urging him to disobey and eat of the fruit of knowledge. Mikhail Bakunin
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. Mikhail Bakunin
The idea of God implies the abdication of human reason and justice; it is the most decisive negation of human liberty and necessarily ends in the enslavement of mankind both in theory and practice. Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin quote: "I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that if God really..."
I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him. Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin quote: "If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him."
If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him. Mikhail Bakunin
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
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
Mikhail Bakunin quote: "Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve..."
Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty - by ceasing to exist. Mikhail Bakunin
The communism of Marx seeks a strong state centralization, and where this exists, there the parasitic Jewish nation - which speculates upon the labor of people - will always find the means for its existence. Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin quote: "Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a..."
Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying. Mikhail Bakunin
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
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
Mikhail Bakunin quote: "The passion for destruction is also a creative passion."
The passion for destruction is also a creative passion. Mikhail Bakunin

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