History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

Quote by Karl Marx

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Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose...

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose...

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 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,...

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent...

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent...

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a...

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a...

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.

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our...

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our...

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.

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

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

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...

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if...

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if...

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...

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

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...

Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social...

Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social...

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

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...