Russian - Revolutionary | May 30, 1814 - July 1, 1876
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
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But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.
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Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations.
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I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.
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I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.
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I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.
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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.
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The privileged man, whether he be privileged politically or economically, is a man depraved in intellect and heart.
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Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty - by ceasing to exist.
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Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary.
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From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs.
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He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
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