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...

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser

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

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.

From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need

From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

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 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 English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the...

The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the...

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...

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...

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...

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

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...

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...

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...

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

When they turn the pages of history, when these days have passed long ago-- will...

When they turn the pages of history, when these days have passed long ago-- will...

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be...

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be...