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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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

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 worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the...

The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the...

In every revolution there intrude, at the side of its true agents, men of a...

In every revolution there intrude, at the side of its true agents, men of a...

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 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.

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.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

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 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...

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.

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...

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

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

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he...

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he...

I am not a Marxist.

I am not a Marxist.

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.

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence...

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence...

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.