Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakuninwas a Russian revolutionary anarchist, and founder of collectivist anarchism. He is considered among the most influential figures of anarchism, and one of the principal founders of the social anarchist tradition. Bakunin's enormous prestige as an activist made him one of the most famous ideologues in Europe, and he gained substantial influence among radicals throughout Russia and Europe...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionRevolutionary
Date of Birth30 May 1814
CountryRussian Federation
Mikhail Bakunin quotes about
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.
Destroy or be destroyed-there is no middle way! Let us then be the destroyers!
Religion is a collective insanity.
The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him.
Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.
Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.
We must spread our principles, not with words but with deeds, for this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda.
If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery.
Anarchism is "stateless socialism.
Christianity is the complete negation of common sense and sound reason.
Religion is collective insanity.
Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty - by ceasing to exist.
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.