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Mikhail Bakunin
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The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
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If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery.
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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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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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Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary.
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By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward.
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Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.
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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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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.
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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.
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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.
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The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.
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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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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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Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.
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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.
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From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs.
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A divine falsehood is more powerful than any human truth.
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All religions, with their gods, demigods, prophets, messiahs and saints, are the product of the fancy and credulity of men who have not yet reached the full development and complete possession of their intellectual powers.
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