On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.

Quote by Karl Marx

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Democracy is the road to socialism.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

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...

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...

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

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 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...

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...

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...

It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically...

It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically...

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.

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.

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

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...

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings...

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings...

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

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

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

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

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

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.