Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin () ( – 1 July 1876) was a Russian revolutionary, libertarian socialist, and founder of "collectivist anarchism" philosophy.
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge. Use this quote
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations. Use this quote
