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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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.

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.

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 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...

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand

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...

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

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 meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

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

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in...

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in...

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...

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

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...

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...

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

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...

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.