The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide — Mikhail Bakunin
Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty – by ceasing to exist. — Mikhail Bakunin
Thence results, for science as well as for industry, the necessity of the division and — Mikhail Bakunin
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. — Mikhail Bakunin
The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because — Mikhail Bakunin
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves — Mikhail Bakunin
Political freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying. — Mikhail Bakunin
Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness. — Mikhail Bakunin
Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my — Mikhail Bakunin
Look at christ, my dear friend: his life was divine through and through, full of self-denial — Mikhail Bakunin
I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character — Mikhail Bakunin
I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. — Mikhail Bakunin
I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments — Mikhail Bakunin
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions — Mikhail Bakunin
But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever — Mikhail Bakunin
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but — Mikhail Bakunin
Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the ninth symphony will remain. — Mikhail Bakunin
Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop — Mikhail Bakunin
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this — Mikhail Bakunin
A boss in heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore if God did exist — Mikhail Bakunin
A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire — Mikhail Bakunin