My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.

Communism deprives no man of the ability to appropriate the fruits of his labour. The only thing it deprives him of is the ability to enslave others by means of such appropriations.

When the train of history hits a curve, the intellectuals fall off.

The burgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all nations into civilization.

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.

Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life.