Mikhail Bakunin Quotes


We must spread our principles, not with words but with deeds, for this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda.


Citations

Bakunin, Mikhail. "Letters to a Frenchman on the Present Crisis." Bakunin on Anarchy, edited by Sam Dolgoff, Vintage Books, 1971, p. 195.

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Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin
  • Born: May 30, 1814
  • Died: July 1, 1876
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Revolutionary

Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was a Russian revolutionary anarchist, socialist and founder of collectivist anarchism. He is considered among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major founder of the revolutionary socialist and social anarchist tradition. Bakunin's prestige as a revolutionary also made him one of the most famous ideologues in Europe, gaining substantial influence among radicals throughout Russia and Europe.