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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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...

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not...

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not...

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine...

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine...

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

I am not a Marxist.

I am not a Marxist.

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...

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

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the...

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the...

Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.

Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.

Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and...

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

The product of mental labor - science - always stands far below its value, because...

The product of mental labor - science - always stands far below its value, because...

The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image...

The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image...

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois...

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois...

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...

Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it

Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau, said that we should think like...

Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau, said that we should think like...

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that...

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that...