Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.

In proportion as the exploitation of one individual by another is put an end to, the exploitation of one nation by another will also be put an end to. In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end.

If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.

The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society.

2 is a proletariat prime, but 4, 6 and 8 are also composite proletariats. Composites of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains!

The more a ruling class is able to assimilate the most prominent men of a ruled class, the more solid and dangerous its rule.

The existence of the state is inseparable from the existence of slavery.