Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

Quote by Friedrich Engels

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Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.

The ancient Greek philosophers were all natural-born dialecticians and Aristotle, the most encyclopaedic intellect among...

The ancient Greek philosophers were all natural-born dialecticians and Aristotle, the most encyclopaedic intellect among...

All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages...

All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages...

The state is not abolished, it withers away.

The state is not abolished, it withers away.

Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another -...

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another -...

From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages...

All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages...

The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to...

The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to...

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it...

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it...

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

Never act until you have clearly answered the question: What happens if I do nothing?

Never act until you have clearly answered the question: What happens if I do nothing?

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go...

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go...

The first step binds one to the second.

The first step binds one to the second.

It is the theory that decides what we can observe.

It is the theory that decides what we can observe.