Science and democracy are the right and left hands of what I'll refer to as the move from the realm of necessity to the realm of freedom. Karl Marx More Quotes by Karl Marx More Quotes From Karl Marx Scientific truth is always paradox, if judged by everyday experience, which catches only the delusive appearance of things. Karl Marx everydayappearancescience The circulation of commodities is the original precondition of the circulation of money. Karl Marx commoditycirculationoriginals The burgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all nations into civilization. Karl Marx communicationcivilizationmean I am stretching out this volume, since those German dogs estimate the value of books by their cubic contents. Karl Marx economicsdogbook The Communist revolution is the most radical rupture with traditional property relations; no wonder that its development involves the most radical rupture with traditional ideas. Karl Marx rupturedevelopmentideas 2 is a proletariat prime, but 4, 6 and 8 are also composite proletariats. Composites of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains! Karl Marx nothing-to-loseprimeworld Philosophy is to science as masturbation is to sex. Karl Marx masturbationphilosophysex There is something in human history like retribution; and it is a rule of historical retribution that its instrument be forged not by the offended, but by the offender himself. The first blow dealt to the French monarchy proceeded from the nobility, not from the peasants. The Indian revolt does not commence with the ryots, tortured, dishonoured and stripped naked by the British, but with the sepoys, clad, fed and petted, fatted and pampered by them. Karl Marx historicalblowfirsts But there is a devil of a difference between barbarians who are fit by nature to be used for anything, and civilized people who apply them selves to everything. Karl Marx differencesselfpeople The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere. The bourgeoisie has, through its exploitation of the world market, given a cosmopolitan character to production and consumption in every country. To the great chagrin of reactionaries, it has drawn from under the feet of industry the national ground on which it stood. Karl Marx feetcharactercountry The bureaucracy takes itself to be the ultimate purpose of the state Karl Marx bureaucracystatespurpose As, in religion, man is governed by the products of his own brain, so in capitalistic production, he is governed by the products of his own hand. Karl Marx brainmenhands The leading princes are the most servile tools of English despotism. . . . The native princes are the stronghold of the present abominable English system. Karl Marx strongholdsdespotismtools The social revolution...cannot draw its poetry from the past, but only from the future. It cannot begin with itself before it has stripped itself of all superstitions concerning the past. Karl Marx superstitionsrevolutionpast The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour. Karl Marx generalizationrevolutionspirit But the more these conscious illusions of the ruling class are shown to be false and the less they satisfy common sense, the more dogmatically they are asserted and the more deceitful, moralizing and spiritual becomes the language of established society. Karl Marx common-sensespiritualclass In capitalist society spare time is acquired for one class by converting the whole life-time of the masses into labour-time. Karl Marx spare-timemassclass The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces all mummies to instant dissolution, so war passes supreme judgment upon social systems that have outlived their vitality. Karl Marx atmospheretestswar A man cannot become a child again, or he becomes childish. Karl Marx menchildren The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. Karl Marx bourgeoisiecommunist-manifestoneeds
