Intellectual slavery, of whatever nature it may be, will always have as a natural result both political and social slavery.
Mikhail BakuninLiberty means that a man is recognized as free and treated as free by those who surround him.
Mikhail BakuninHe who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
Mikhail BakuninWe 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.
Mikhail BakuninBut here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. He makes man ashamed of his bestial ignorance and obedience; he emancipates him, stamps upon his brow the seal of liberty and humanity, in urging him to disobey and eat of the fruit of knowledge.
Mikhail Bakunin