I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, … - Mikhail Bakunin
" "I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.
About Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (Russian: Михаил Александрович Бакунин) (30 May 1814 – 1 July 1876) was a Russian political philosopher, anarchist, and noted atheist.
Biography information from Wikiquote
Also Known As
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Additional quotes by Mikhail Bakunin
Representative democracy, however, harmonizes marvelously with the capitalist economic system. This new statist system, basing itself on the alleged sovereignty of the so-called will of the people, as supposedly expressed by their alleged representatives in mock popular assemblies, incorporates the two principal and necessary conditions for the progress of capitalism: state centralization, and the actual submission of the sovereign people to the intellectual governing minority, who, while claiming to represent the people, unfailingly exploits them.
Limited Time Offer
Premium members can get their quote collection automatically imported into their Quotewise collections.
"Há uma categoria de pessoas que, se não creem, devem pelo menos fazer de conta que sim. São todos os atormentadores, os opressores, os exploradores da humanidade: padres, monarcas, homens de Estado, homens de guerra, financistas públicos e privados, funcionários de todos os tipos, soldados, policiais, carcereiros e carrascos, capitalistas, aproveitadores, empresários e proprietários, advogados, economistas, políticos de todas as cores, até o último vendedor de especiarias, todos repetirão em uníssono essas palavras de Voltaire: "Se Deus não existisse seria preciso inventá-lo"."