Michel Bakunin

Anarchist, Revolutionary Russian 1814 – 1876

Russian anarchist who advocated violent revolution.

378 quotes

"Courage multiplies when shared with others."
Courage
"Change is the only constant in existence."
Change
"Education should liberate, not indoctrinate."
Education
"Knowledge without action is mere philosophy."
Knowledge
"Time is the judge of all causes."
Time
"Truth will always challenge comfortable lies."
Truth
"Freedom is the breath of the human spirit."
Freedom
"The most terrible weapon is the cannon - but the most terrible power is the word of a free man."
Freedom
"I am truly free only when all human beings around me are equally free."
Freedom
"Authority has every reason to fear the informed citizen."
Knowledge
"God is dead, and the state has taken his place."
Philosophy
"In a word, we must say that evil is necessary; it has its raison d'ĂȘtre."
Philosophy
"The urge for destruction is also a creative urge."
Creativity
"A revolution is not a dinner party. It demands sacrifice and struggle."
"Without dreams there is no truth; without truth there is no reality."
Dreams
"Collective progress is only possible through individual initiative."
"The passion for destruction is a creative passion."
Creativity
"Disobedience is the first duty of the true citizen."
Courage
"Science belongs to mankind, not to any nation or empire."
Science
"The people do not need to be saved; they are quite capable of saving themselves."
"Subordination is the root of all slavery."
Freedom
"No man is truly free who controls another man's labor."
Justice
"The workers need neither capitalists nor kings to take care of them."
"Education should teach men to think and to act for themselves."
Education
"History shows that power corrupts even the most virtuous of men."
Power
"The State is the most flagrant negation of humanity."
Politics
"Liberty without socialism is privilege and injustice."
Freedom
"Socialism without liberty is slavery and brutality."
Freedom
"The idea of God implies the abdication of human reason and justice."
Philosophy
"Progress is only possible through the constant challenge of existing institutions."
Change