People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.
Mikhail BakuninAbout author
- Author's profession: Revolutionary, Writer, Philosopher
- Nationality: russian
- Born: May 30, 1814
- Died: June 13, 1876
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