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Mikhail Bakunin Quotes: Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
         

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.


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Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
         



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People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.



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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.



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In every State, the government is nothing but a permanent conspiracy on the part of the minority against the majority, which it enslaves and fleeces.



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