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“We must spread our principles, not with words but with deeds, for this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda.”

Quote by Mikhail Bakunin

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Mikhail Bakunin

Mikhail Bakunin, born on May 30, 1814, and died on July 1, 1876, was a significant thinker and revolutionary from Russia. His ideas had a profound impact on the later anarcho-syndicalist movement. more

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