Quotes by Bakunin, Mikhail

The passion for destruction is also a creative passion. >>

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the >>

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of w >>

Quotations about Authority

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority >>

Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. >>

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no groun >>

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

Bakunin, Mikhail