The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The criticism of religion is, therefore, in embryo, the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo.

To destroy Christianity, we must first destroy the British Empire.

The wealthy man is the man whois much, not the one who has much

In my free time I do differential and integral calculus.

The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere. The bourgeoisie has, through its exploitation of the world market, given a cosmopolitan character to production and consumption in every country. To the great chagrin of reactionaries, it has drawn from under the feet of industry the national ground on which it stood.

Society is a sort of organism on the growth of which conscious efforts can exercise little effect.

Although gold and silver are not by nature money, money is by nature gold and silver.