The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx

The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.

In the original German

Die Proletarier haben nichts in ihr zu verlieren als ihre Ketten.

The Communist Manifesto · 1848
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Current citation
Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.
Original citation
Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

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