In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.

Crack-brained meddling by the authorities [can] aggravate an existing crisis.

Men make their own history

Man makes religion, religion does not make man

Colonial system, public debts, heavy taxes, protection, commercial wars, etc., these offshoots of the period of manufacture swell to gigantic proportions during the period of infancy of large-scale industry. The birth of the latter is celebrated by a vast, Hero-like slaughter of the innocents.

Christ represents originally: 1) men before God; 2) God for men; 3) men to man. Similarly, money represents originally, in accordance with the idea of money: 1) private property for private property; 2) society for private property; 3) private property for society. But Christ is alienated God and alienated man. God has value only insofar as he represents Christ, and man has value only insofar as he represents Christ. It is the same with money.

The wealthy man is the man whois much, not the one who has much