The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force.

Quote by Karl Marx

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Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to...

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to...

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under...

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under...

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

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 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...

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...

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does...

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does...

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,...

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 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...

We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather...

We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather...

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

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

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 meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

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

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.

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,...

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.

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...

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's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you...

It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you...