“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.” DoeMatterAtheismAuthorityPositive AtheismRejectsMakersAnarchyBootsHeresy Book:Bakunin on anarchism Source: Bakunin on anarchism
“No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker.” WorldMadeBookHumanityWrittenReadyTheoryAnarchySeekersHeresySave The World Book:God and the State Source: God and the State
“The star of revolution will rise high above the streets of Moscow, from a sea of blood and fire, and turn into a lodestar to lead a liberated humanity” HumanityTurnsStarsFireBloodSeaStreetsRevolutionAnarchyLiberatedMoscow Author:Mikhail Bakunin
“Does man's freedom consist in revolting against all laws? We say no, in so far as laws are natural, economic, and social laws, not authoritatively imposed but inherent in things, in relations, in situations, the natural development of which is expressed by those laws. We say YES if they are political and juridical laws, imposed upon men by men.” IfsMenDoeLawPoliticalNamesForceSocialNaturalFictionSituationEconomicDevelopmentUniversalRelationSlaveryDemocraticDoctrineHypocrisyDeceitAnarchyFalsehoodInherentSuffrageUniversal Suffrage Author:Mikhail Bakunin
“They maintain that only a dictatorship - their dictatorship, of course - can create the will of the people, while our answer to this is: No dictatorship can have any other aim but that of self-perpetuation, and it can beget only slavery in the people tolerating it; freedom can be created only by freedom, that is, by a universal rebellion on the part of the people and free organization of the toiling masses from the bottom up.” PeopleSelfCoursesAnswersMassOrganizationUniversalAimSlaveryBottomRebellionAnarchyDictatorshipBegetsToiling Author:Mikhail Bakunin
