“Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.”
— Karl Marx
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The ideas of the ruling class are
“The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force.”
— Karl Marx
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Religion is the sigh of the oppressed
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”
— Karl Marx
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In bourgeois society capital is independent and
“In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.”
— Karl Marx
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History does nothing; it does not possess
“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
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The first requisite for the happiness of
“The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.”
— Karl Marx
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The human being is in the most
“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
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Anyone who knows anything of history knows
“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
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The writer may very well serve a
“The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.”
— Karl Marx
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In bourgeois society capital is independent and
“In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.”
— Karl Marx
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The writer must earn money in order
“The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.”
— Karl Marx
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