Mikhail BakuninThinkers

Anarchism is not the rejection of all authority. Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, it defers to the authority of the boot-maker.

Anarchism is stateless socialism.

Berlin is a fine town, excellent music, cheap living, very passable theater, plenty of newspapers in the cafes .... In a word, splendid, quite splendid - if only the Germans weren't so frightfully bourgeois.

Freedom is the revolt against all laws only if by 'law' we mean the narrow domain of political and juridical laws, which are not natural, but authoritatively imposed upon men by men.

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.

Liberty is the opposite of the state — Where the State begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.

Ludwig van Beethoven is eternal — everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.

Politics is the despot of will, just as idealism is the despot of thought.

Property is the consequence and the basis of the state.

The State is the opposite of liberty — Where the State begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.