Russia is a name usurped by the Muscovites. They are not Slavs; they do not belong to the Indo-Germanic race at all, they are des intrus [intruders], who must be chased back across the Dnieper, etc.

In proportion as capital accumulates, the lot of the laborer, be his payment high or low, must grow worse.

Last words are for those fools who believe they have not yet said enough.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

The world will be for the common people, and the sounds of Happiness will reach even the deepest springs.

The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour.

Misery motivates, not utopia.