"A specter is haunting Europe -- the specter of Communism."
- Karl [Heinrich] Marx (1818 - 1883)

"From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need."
- Karl [Heinrich] Marx (1818 - 1883)

"Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add; the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce."
- Karl [Heinrich] Marx (1818 - 1883)

"Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workers of the world, unite!"
- Karl [Heinrich] Marx (1818 - 1883)

"Nothing can have value without being an object of utility."
- Karl [Heinrich] Marx (1818 - 1883)

"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the feeling of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of unspiritual conditions. It is the opinion of the people."
- Karl [Heinrich] Marx (1818 - 1883)

"The philosphers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it."
- Karl [Heinrich] Marx (1818 - 1883)