The increase of social wealth is not accompanied by a diminishing number of capitalist magnates, but by an increasing number of capitalists of all degrees. Eduard Bernstein More Quotes by Eduard Bernstein More Quotes From Eduard Bernstein The Communist Manifesto was correct but we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding to democratic organizations. In my judgment success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance [rather] than in a catastrophic crash. Eduard Bernstein success peace lying The movement is everything, the final goal is nothing. Eduard Bernstein finals movement goal The economic interpretation of history does not necessarily mean that all events are determined solely by economic forces. It simply means that economic facts are the ever recurring decisive forces, the chief points in the process of history. Eduard Bernstein events mean history