Theology created the fiction of Satan which represents the revolt if an infinite being against the existence of an absolute infinity, against God. Mikhail Bakunin More Quotes by Mikhail Bakunin More Quotes From Mikhail Bakunin Those mutually opposed manifestos are written with the same eloquence, they breathe the same virtuous indignation, and one is just as sincere as the other; that is to say both of them are equally brazen in their lies, and it is only fools who are deceived by them. Sensible persons, all those who have had some political experience, do not even take the trouble of reading such manifestos. Mikhail Bakunin political reading lying Religion is collective insanity. Mikhail Bakunin collectives insanity The individual who dares commit a crime is guilty in a two-fold sense; first, he is guilty against human conscience, and, above all, he is guilty against the State in arrogating to himself one of its most precious privileges. Mikhail Bakunin privilege two firsts The peoples' revolution... will arrange its revolutionary organisation from the bottom up and from the periphery to the centre, in keeping with the principle of liberty. Mikhail Bakunin revolution liberty principles Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. Mikhail Bakunin idealism-and-realism ideals tyrants The passion for destruction is also a creative passion. Mikhail Bakunin also passion destruction creative