The way people get their living determines their social outlook.

If one wants to be an ox one can easily turn one's back on hum suffering and look after one's own skin.

All I know is that I am not a Marxist.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

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.

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

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