Mikhail Bakunin Quotes on Politics
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin was a Russian revolutionary anarchist and political philosopher and one of the most colorful figures of nineteenth-century European radicalism. This page collects quotes attributed to Mikhail Bakunin on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Mikhail Bakunin:
“If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.”
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Attributed to Mikhail Bakunin:
“The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.”
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Attributed to Mikhail Bakunin:
“I am free only when all human beings around me are equally free.”
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Attributed to Mikhail Bakunin:
“Freedom without socialism is privilege; socialism without freedom is slavery.”
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Attributed to Mikhail Bakunin:
“Liberty is not the daughter, but the mother, of order.”