"Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will." ― Mikhail Bakunin Topic(s): Politics More From Mikhail Bakunin "A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished." "I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation." "A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him." More In Politics "That’s my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don’t say yes to them."― Alex Cox "I never thought of politics as a profession."― Georgios A. Papandreou "About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime, because organized crime and politics were the same thing in Boston."― Howie Carr