If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery. Mikhail Bakunin
Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa. Mikhail Bakunin
The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognised them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual. Mikhail Bakunin
I am properly free when all the men and women about me are equally free. Far from being a limitation or a denial of my liberty, the liberty of another is its necessary condition and confirmation. Mikhail Bakunin
Religion is a collective insanity. Mikhail Bakunin
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. Mikhail Bakunin
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth. Mikhail Bakunin
The passion for destruction is also a creative passion. Mikhail Bakunin
To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt. Mikhail Bakunin