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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Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the...

Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the...

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...

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

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...

In business the man who engages in the most adventures is surest to come out...

In business the man who engages in the most adventures is surest to come out...

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...

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...

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired...

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.