For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him. Karl Marx More Quotes by Karl Marx More Quotes From Karl Marx The more of himself man attributes to God, the less he has left in himself. Karl Marx attributesgodmen Nothing can have value without being an object of utility. Karl Marx utilityphilosophicalphilosophy Last words are for those fools who believe they have not yet said enough. Karl Marx foollastsbelieve Labour is ... not the only source of material wealth, i.e, of the use-values it produces. As William Petty says, Labour is the father of material wealth, the earth is its mother. Karl Marx usemotherfather It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness. Karl Marx communist-manifestoconsciousnessmen In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic. Karl Marx mindworkmorning If money is the bond binding me to human life, binding society to me, binding me and nature and man, is not money the bond of all bonds? Can it not dissolve and bind all ties? Is it not, therefore, the universal agent of separation? Karl Marx moneytiesmen All I know is that I am not a Marxist. Karl Marx politicalgovernmentreal Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest; and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without willing it or knowing it. The real point is not that each individual's pursuit of his private interest promotes the totality of private interests, the general interest. One could just as well deduce from this abstract phrase that each individual reciprocally blocks the assertion of the others' interests, so that, instead of a general affirmation, this war of all against all produces a general negation. Karl Marx blockrealwar Religion is the opium of the masses. Karl Marx weedatheistfear Labor in the white skin can never free itself as long as labor in the black skin is branded. Karl Marx blackwhitelong Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not owners of the earth. They are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state to succeeding generations. Karl Marx succeedtakentogether Money plays the largest part in determining the course of history. Karl Marx coursesmoneyplay They don't know it, but they are doing it. Karl Marx clean-airknows Without the presence of class warfare, trade unions would be hard put to justfy their existence. Karl Marx warfarewould-beclass There is no greater stupidity than for people...to marry and so surrender themselves to the small miseries of domestic and private life. Karl Marx miserystupiditypeople 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 fightingrealinspirational In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. - Manifesto of the Communist Party Karl Marx libertypartymay Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form. Karl Marx communist-manifestophilosophicaldignity Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Karl Marx farcehistoricaltragedy
