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Quote by Mikhail Bakunin
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot

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

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But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person. – Mikhail Bakunin

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Faith
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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. – Mikhail Bakunin

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Control
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Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations. – Mikhail Bakunin

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