Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer.

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Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

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.

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

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

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.

There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.

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.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within...

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within...

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

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.

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,...

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...

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

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...