History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. – Karl Marx
Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite! – Karl Marx
A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties. – Karl Marx
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included. – Karl Marx
The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite. – Karl Marx
The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society. – Karl Marx
In a higher phase of communist society… only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. – Karl Marx
Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time. – Karl Marx
Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs. – Karl Marx
The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour. – Karl Marx
The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it. – Karl Marx
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand. – Karl Marx
