History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.
Karl MarxThe leading princes are the most servile tools of English despotism. . . . The native princes are the stronghold of the present abominable English system.
Karl MarxHe who before was the money owner, now strides in front as capitalist; the possessor of labor-power follows as his laborer. The one with an air of importance, smirking, intent on business; the other hesitant, like one who is bringing his own hide to market and has nothing to expect but a hiding.
Karl Marx