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Class conflict5 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 · 1848What I did that was new was to prove... That the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat. — Karl Marx · 1852Communism4 quotes
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs! — Karl Marx · 1883A 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 · 1848What I did that was new was to prove... That the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat. — Karl Marx · 1852History4 quotes
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. — Karl Marx · 1848Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. — Karl Marx · 1852What I did that was new was to prove... That the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat. — Karl Marx · 1852History is not, as it were, a person apart, using man as a means to achieve its own aims; history is nothing but the activity of man pursuing his aims. — Karl Marx · 1845Political theory3 quotes
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs! — Karl Marx · 1883In 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 · 1848Politics3 quotes
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx · 1848From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs! — Karl Marx · 1883The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. — Karl Marx · 1848Oppression2 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 · 1848Revolution2 quotes
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. — Karl Marx · 1848The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it. — Karl Marx · 1845Bourgeoisie1 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 · 1848Capitalism1 quote
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 · 1848Changing the world1 quote
Philosophy stands in the same relation to the study of the actual world as masturbation to sexual love. — Karl Marx · 1883Decisions and choices1 quote
Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. — Karl Marx · 1852Decline of religion1 quote
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world…it is the opium of the people. — Karl Marx · 1883Effects of the past1 quote
Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. — Karl Marx · 1852End 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 · 1848Free will1 quote
Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. — Karl Marx · 1852History of ideas1 quote
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. — Karl Marx · 1848History repeating itself1 quote
Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. — Karl Marx · 1852Ideas1 quote
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. — Karl Marx · 1848Life under capitalism1 quote
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 · 1848Man as social animal1 quote
Society does not consist of individuals; it expresses the sum of connections and relationships in which individuals find themselves. — Karl Marx · 1883Nature of history1 quote
What I did that was new was to prove... That the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat. — Karl Marx · 1852Philosophy1 quote
Philosophy stands in the same relation to the study of the actual world as masturbation to sexual love. — Karl Marx · 1883Political progress1 quote
The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it. — Karl Marx · 1845Progress1 quote
The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it. — Karl Marx · 1845Property rights1 quote
The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. — Karl Marx · 1848Redistribution of wealth1 quote
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs! — Karl Marx · 1883Religion1 quote
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world…it is the opium of the people. — Karl Marx · 1883Ruling class1 quote
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. — Karl Marx · 1848Rural vs. urban1 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 · 1848