Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.

Men make their own history but not in circumstances of their own choosing.

As individuals express their life, so they are. What they are, therefore, coincides with their production, both with what they produce and with how they produce. The nature of individuals thus depends on the material conditions determining their production.

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

We know that violent measures against religion are nonsense; but this is an opinion: as socialism grows, religion will disappear. Its disappearance must be done by social development, in which education must play a part.

All I know is I'm not a Marxist.

The whole proletariat must be armed at once with muskets, rifles, cannon and ammunition, and the revival of the old-style citizens militia, directed against the workers, must be opposed.