Michel Bakunin

"God is dead, but his shadow still looms over us."

"I am truly free only when all human beings are equally free."

"The passion for destruction is also a creative passion."

"Liberty without socialism is privilege and injustice."

"Idealism is the despot of thought, just as capitalism is the despot of economy."

"One must still have chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star."

"The will to dominate is a cancer eating away at the heart of human society."

"Freedom is the absolute right of every adult human being."

"In a word, we reject all legislation, all authority, and all influence, whether of the ballot the sword, or the wallet."

"Man can create only in proportion as he destroys."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"I am an anarchist; I want to live in a world without authority."

"Let us be realistic and demand the impossible."

"Everything that oppresses humanity flows from tyranny."

"Revolution is the vital principle of the world's progress, the only law of history and nature."

"I love humanity but I hate humans."

"In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."

"The individual and society are interdependent."

"Science without philosophy is a chaos of inventions."

"Collective property does not abolish personal property."

"The true strength of rebellious passion is love."

"All religions are equally sublime to the people who believe in them."

"To love is to give up power over another person."

"Authority must be abolished everywhere."

"The masses do not make history; history makes the masses."

"My freedom depends on the freedom of all."

"Faith creates nothing; it only blinds and oppresses."

"Destroy power, not human beings."

"The human heart yearns for freedom above all things."

"Progress is only possible through the total destruction of all power."