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

Quote by Friedrich Engels

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Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

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 -...

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

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

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure...

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure...

Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of...

Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of...

Words that do not match deeds are unimportant

Words that do not match deeds are unimportant

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become...

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become...

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...