Political economy regards the proletarian like a horse, he must receive enough to enable him to work. It does not consider him, during the time when he is not working, as a human being. It leaves this to criminal law, doctors, religion, statistical tables, politics, and the beadle.

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

Darwin has interested us in the history of nature's technology.

If one wants to be an ox one can easily turn one's back on hum suffering and look after one's own skin.

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

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