There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.

Quote by Karl Marx

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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 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.

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

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

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 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.

Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social...

Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social...

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...

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

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

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 philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

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

From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need

From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

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...

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

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

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...

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.

Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.

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...

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.

I am not a Marxist.

I am not a Marxist.