It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

Quote by Karl Marx

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

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

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...

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...

Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one

Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

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...

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It...

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It...

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.

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...

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...

Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the...

Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the...

Religion is the opium of the masses

Religion is the opium of the masses

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...

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.

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...

All that philosophers have done is interpret the world in different ways. It is our...

All that philosophers have done is interpret the world in different ways. It is our...

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

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

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.

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...