We must overthrow the material and moral conditions of our present-day life. . . . We must first purify our atmosphere and completely transform the milieu in which we live; for it corrupts our instinct and our will, and constricts our heart and our intelligence
Mikhail BakuninThere are but three ways for the populace to escape its wretched lot. The first two are by the routes of the wine-shop or the church; the third is by that of the social revolution.
Mikhail BakuninPolitical Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.
Mikhail BakuninThe organization of society is always and everywhere the unique cause of the crimes committed by individuals.
Mikhail Bakunin