Mikhail Bakunin Quotes

Russian - Revolutionary | May 30, 1814 - July 1, 1876

The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.

Mikhail Bakunin

FreedomEssential

If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery.

Mikhail Bakunin

SlaveryTurnStateDominationThen

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.

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SuccessFaithMeStupidLiberty

Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.

Mikhail Bakunin

LibertyViceIndividualWhereBegins

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.

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WomenFreedomMenI AmFreeHuman

Look at Christ, my dear friend: His life was divine through and through, full of self-denial, and He did everything for mankind, finding His satisfaction and His delight in the dissolution of His material being.

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LifeFriendFindingLookEverything

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.

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NatureManLibertyWillHumanHim

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

GodTogetherWishHumanityTwoHere

Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.

Mikhail Bakunin

WorldWillEverythingPassSymphony

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

GodBestBossHeavenEarthExist

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.

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LifeScienceResultsLaborHuman

The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.

Mikhail Bakunin

PassionCreativeDestructionAlso

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