Michel Bakunin

Anarchist, Revolutionary Russian 1814 – 1876

Russian anarchist who advocated violent revolution.

378 quotes

"Patience with injustice is complicity in that injustice."
Justice
"Our strength lies in our diversity and our commitment to each other."
Strength
"The future is unwritten and belongs to those who dare to write it."
Adventure
"The passion for destruction is also a creative passion."
Creativity
"I am truly free only when all human beings are equally free."
Freedom
"The law of nature is that the strongest shall prevail."
Nature
"Revolution by the sword will always create a new tyranny."
War
"Collective property does not exist in nature, only in society."
Politics
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become absolutely free."
Courage
"God and the State are the two poles of human slavery."
Philosophy
"Science without conscience is the death of the human soul."
Science
"Authority is the most dangerous enemy of truth."
Truth
"Progress demands struggle; without struggle there is no victory."
Perseverance
"The happiness of man does not consist in freedom but in the acceptance of duty."
Happiness
"Education should prepare people to think for themselves."
Education
"Equality is necessary; hierarchy breeds resentment and rebellion."
Justice
"Every human institution is built on accumulated contradictions."
History
"The human being aspires to freedom yet fears its responsibility."
Fear
"Work, when free from coercion, becomes a source of joy."
Work
"Art is the bridge between imagination and reality."
Art
"In matters of philosophy, there are no shortcuts."
Philosophy
"The masses are not yet ready for true freedom."
Leadership
"Time is the sculptor of all human affairs."
Time
"Violence is the weapon of the weak and desperate."
Peace
"Knowledge without action is merely theory."
Knowledge
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Dreams
"Beauty exists in defiance of conformity."
Beauty
"Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely the holder's soul."
Power
"Money is frozen freedom, made tangible."
Money
"Health of mind requires regular questioning of authority."
Health