Without the presence of class warfare, trade unions would be hard put to justfy their existence.

The proletarians have nothing to loose but their chains. They have a world to win.

The democratic concept of man is false, because it is Christian. The democratic concept holds that . . . each man is a sovereign being. This is the illusion, dream, and postulate of Christianity.

You will have to go through 15, 20, 50 years of civil wars and national struggles not only to bring about a change in society but also to change yourselves, and prepare yourselves for the exercise of political power.

There is no greater stupidity than for people...to marry and so surrender themselves to the small miseries of domestic and private life.

The weapon of criticism can never replace the criticism of weapons.

The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.