The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.

Quote by Karl Marx

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The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all...

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all...

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...

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.

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...

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

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.

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if...

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if...

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

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...

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

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

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.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

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...

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

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

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

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...

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...