The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it

Quote by Karl Marx

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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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically...

It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically...

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 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...

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our...

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our...

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...

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

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 meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

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

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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 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...