In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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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...

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...

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...

Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

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...

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 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...

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 meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does...

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does...

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...

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

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 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.

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather...

We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather...

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

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward