History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Read Summary
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity. Read Summary
Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex. Read Summary
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. Read Summary
Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand. Read Summary
Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks. Read Summary
If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
Nothing can have value without being an object of utility. Read Summary
Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society. Read Summary
The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink together. Read Summary
The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state. Read Summary
For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor. Read Summary
There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism. Read Summary
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain. Read Summary
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. Read Summary