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| Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was a well-known Russian revolutionary and theorist of collectivist anarchism.Born in the Russian Empire to a family of Russian nobles, Bakunin spent his youth as a junior officer in the Russian army but resigned his... |
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![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=1548&author=Bakunin"e=++The+passion+for+destruction+is+also+a+creative+passion.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=8948&author=Bakunin"e=++Freedom%2C+morality%2C+and+the+human+dignity+of+the+individual+consists+precisely+in+this%3B+that+he+does+good+not+because+he+is+forced+to+do+so%2C+but+because+he+freely+conceives+it%2C+wants+it%2C+and+loves+it.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=11477&author=Bakunin"e=++Idealism+is+the+despot+of+thought%2C+just+as+politics+is+the+despot+of+will.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=14706&author=Bakunin"e=++I+am+truly+free+only+when+all+human+beings%2C+men+and+women%2C+are+equally+free.+The+freedom+of+other+men%2C+far+from+negating+or+limiting+my+freedom%2C+is%2C+on+the+contrary%2C+its+necessary+premise+and+confirmation.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=23831&author=Bakunin"e=++Does+it+follow+that+I+reject+all+authority%3F+Perish+the+thought.+In+the+matter+of+boots%2C+I+defer+to+the+authority+of+the+boot-maker.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=26780&author=Bakunin"e=++To+revolt+is+a+natural+tendency+of+life.+Even+a+worm+turns+against+the+foot+that+crushes+it.+In+general%2C+the+vitality+and+relative+dignity+of+an+animal+can+be+measured+by+the+intensity+of+its+instinct+to+revolt.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=26960&author=Bakunin"e=++The+first+revolt+is+against+the+supreme+tyranny+of+theology%2C+of+the+phantom+of+God.+As+long+as+we+have+a+master+in+heaven%2C+we+will+be+slaves+on+earth.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=68541&author=Bakunin"e=I+am+equally+passionate+about+the+struggle+between+the+North+and+the+Southern+American+states.+Of+course%2C+my+heart+goes+out+to+the+North.+But+alas%21+It+is+the+South+who+acted+with+the+most+force%2C+wisdom%2C+and+solidarity%2C+which+makes+them+worthy+of+the+triumph+they+have+received+in+every+encounter+so+far.+It+is+true+that+the+South+has+been+preparing+for+war+for+three+years+now%2C+while+the+North+has+been+forced+to+improvise.+The+surprising+success+of+the+ventures+of+the+American+people%2C+for+the+most+part+happy%3B+the+banality+of+the+material+well+being%2C+where+the+heart+is+absent%3B+and+the+national+vanity%2C+altogether+infantile+and+sustained+with+very+little+cost%3B+all+seem+to+have+helped+deprave+these+people%2C+and+perhaps+this+stubborn+struggle+will+be+beneficial+to+them+in+so+much+as+it+helps+the+nation+regain+its+lost+soul.+This+is+my+first+impression%3B+but+it+could+very+well+be+that+I+will+change+my+mind+upon+seeing+things+up+close.+The+only+thing+is%2C+I+will+not+have+enough+time+to+examine+really+closely.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}