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The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx · 1848The happiness of society is the end of government. — John Adams · 1776The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. — Karl Marx · 1848We have it in our power to begin the world over again. — Thomas Paine · 1776Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. — Thomas Paine · 1776The judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and the executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that. — John Adams · 1776All 8 quotes →Political theory7 quotes
The happiness of society is the end of government. — John Adams · 1776When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. — Thomas Paine · 1776In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end. — Karl Marx · 1848The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. — Karl Marx · 1848The judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and the executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that. — John Adams · 1776Fear is the foundation of most governments. — John Adams · 1776All 7 quotes →Class conflict4 quotes
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx · 1848The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. — Karl Marx · 1848The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. — Karl Marx · 1848In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end. — Karl Marx · 1848America2 quotes
The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. — Thomas Paine · 1776Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind. — Thomas Paine · 1776Capitalism2 quotes
All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind. — Karl Marx · 1848The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave. — James Connolly · 1915Communism2 quotes
A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism. — Karl Marx · 1848The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. — Karl Marx · 1848Freedom2 quotes
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. — John Milton · 1649No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free. — John Milton · 1649Government2 quotes
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. — Thomas Paine · 1776Fear is the foundation of most governments. — John Adams · 1776Human nature2 quotes
We must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy, to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a malignity truly diabolical, to believe all the world to be equally wicked and corrupt. — Edmund Burke · 1770To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power, to lament the past, to conceive extravagant hopes of the future, are the common dispositions of the greatest part of mankind. — Edmund Burke · 1770Oppression2 quotes
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx · 1848The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. — Karl Marx · 1848Threats to freedom2 quotes
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. — James Madison · 1795Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind. — Thomas Paine · 1776Acquiring wisdom1 quote
Wisdom is not the purchase of a day. — Thomas Paine · 1776Adversity1 quote
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. — Thomas Paine · 1776America as refuge1 quote
Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind. — Thomas Paine · 1776American Revolution1 quote
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. — Thomas Paine · 1776American politics1 quote
The judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and the executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that. — John Adams · 1776Anti-capitalism1 quote
The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave. — James Connolly · 1915Anti-monarchism1 quote
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. — Thomas Paine · 1776Bourgeoisie1 quote
The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848Changing the world1 quote
We have it in our power to begin the world over again. — Thomas Paine · 1776Checks and balances1 quote
The judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and the executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that. — John Adams · 1776Demagogues1 quote
It is a general popular error to imagine the loudest complainers for the public, to be the most anxious for its welfare. — Edmund Burke · 1769Downsides of government1 quote
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. — Thomas Paine · 1776End of war1 quote
In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end. — Karl Marx · 1848Fear1 quote
Fear is the foundation of most governments. — John Adams · 1776Freedom of religion1 quote
As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith. — Thomas Paine · 1776History1 quote
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. — Karl Marx · 1848History of ideas1 quote
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. — Karl Marx · 1848Ideas1 quote
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. — Karl Marx · 1848Intellectual integrity1 quote
It is necessary to the happiness of man, that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. — Thomas Paine · 1794