The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.

Quote by Karl Marx

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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...

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.

Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the...

Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the...

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

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.

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois...

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois...

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

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.

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 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...

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand

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...

The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the...

The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the...

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in...

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in...