It's possible that I shall make an ass of myself. But in that case one can always get out of it with a little dialectic. I have, of course, so worded my proposition as to be right either way.

History does nothing, possesses no enormous wealth, fights no battles. It is rather man, the real, living man, who does everything, possesses, fights. It is not History, as if she were a person apart, who uses men as a means to work out her purposes, but history itself is nothing but the activity of men pursuing their purposes.

The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future.

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.

Be careful to trust a person who does not like wine.

The English Established Church... will more readily pardon an attack on 38 of its 39 articles than on 1/39 of its income.

Men make their own history