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

The unity of the bourgeoisie can be shaken only by the unity of the proletariat.

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.

Nothing is more tedious than the dreaming platitude.

In proportion therefore, as the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases.

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.

In the bureaucracy, the identity of state interest and particular private aim is established in such a way that the state interest becomes a particular private aim over against other private aims.