Mikhail Bakunin

“אין מדינה טובה, צודקת ומוסרית ולא תיתכן מדינה כזאת. כל המדינות רעות מעצם טיבן; דהיינו בתוקף התנאים והמטרות לקיומן, הריהן היפוכם הגמור של צדק, של חירות ושל שוויון”

“כל מדינה..חייבת לשאוף שתיהפך למדינה החזקה ביותר, שאם לא כן תהיה צפויה לחורבן. עליה לבלוע את זולתה כדי שלא תיבלע היא, להיות כובשת כדי שלא תהיה כבושה, לשעבד כדי שלא להיות משועבדת - שכן שתי מעצמות ..אי אפשר להן שיהיו קיימות יחדיו בלי להחריב זו את זו. המדינה היא אפוא שלילתה המובהקת ביותר של האנושיות..היא מפוגגת את הסולידריות האוניברסלית של כל בני האדם על פני האדמה., ואין היא מלכדת את קצתם אלא כדי להביא כליה, כיבוש ושיעבוד על כל השאר”

“Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.”

“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.”

“People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.”

“I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.”

“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.”

“Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my undertakings; it would immediately transform me into a stupid slave, an instrument of the will and interests of others.”

“This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only to destroy each other.”

“Thence results, for science as well as for industry, the necessity of the division and association of labor. I receive and I give - such is human life. Each directs and is directed in his turn.”

“The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.”

“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.”

“From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs.”

“Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary.”

“Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty - by ceasing to exist.”

“A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.”

“The privileged man, whether he be privileged politically or economically, is a man depraved in intellect and heart.”

“I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.”

“He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.”

“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.”