The working men have no country. We cannot take away from them what they have not got

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

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

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

Political economy regards the proletarian like a horse, he must receive enough to enable him to work. It does not consider him, during the time when he is not working, as a human being. It leaves this to criminal law, doctors, religion, statistical tables, politics, and the beadle.

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.

Misery motivates, not utopia.