Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

Quote by Karl Marx

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In every revolution there intrude, at the side of its true agents, men of a...

In every revolution there intrude, at the side of its true agents, men of a...

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It...

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It...

Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the...

The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the...

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all...

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all...

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal...

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal...

The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the...

The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the...

From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need

From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need

In business the man who engages in the most adventures is surest to come out...

In business the man who engages in the most adventures is surest to come out...

I am not a Marxist.

I am not a Marxist.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write,...

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write,...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.

I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients....

I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients....