The alienation of man thus appeared as the fundamental evil of capitalist society.

Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole

When the labourer co-operates systematically with others, he strips off the fetters of his individuality, and develops the capabilities of his species.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

Modern society, which, soon after its birth, pulled Plutus by the hair of his head from the bowels of the earth, greets gold as its Holy Grail, as the glittering incarnation of the very principle of its own life.

The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces all mummies to instant dissolution, so war passes supreme judgment upon social systems that have outlived their vitality.

The alienation of man thus appeared as the fundamental evil of capitalist society.