Christ represents originally: 1) men before God; 2) God for men; 3) men to man. Similarly, money represents originally, in accordance with the idea of money: 1) private property for private property; 2) society for private property; 3) private property for society. But Christ is alienated God and alienated man. God has value only insofar as he represents Christ, and man has value only insofar as he represents Christ. It is the same with money.

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

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

The state is the executive committee of the ruling class.

By the aristocracy of finance must here be understood not merely the great loan promoters and speculators in public funds, in regard to whom it is immediately obvious that their interests coincide with the interests of the state power. All modern finance, the whole of the banking business, is interwoven in the closest fashion with public credit.

The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.