Marx, Karl

"A man who has not read the newspapers is uninformed; one who has is misinformed."

"The more civilized nations beat down the uncivilized ones by force of arms."

"Time is where we educate our children."

"The world is divided into two: those who work and those who profit from work."

"Nature does not produce on one side owners of money or commodities, and on the other mere workers."

"Empiricism does not see beyond the empirical world; it cannot rise to theory."

"The bourgeoisie produces a world after its own image."

"Society as a whole becomes increasingly polarized into two great camps."

"The working class is the revolutionary force of modern society."

"You must make history rather than watch it unfold."

"The revolutionary will come when the contradictions of capitalism become unbearable."

"Economic relations form the basis of all other relations in society."

"The ruling class makes and enforces the laws that bind the working class."

"Great men are not born; they are products of their time."

"Culture and education serve the interests of the dominant class."

"The more the worker produces, the less he can consume."

"State power is nothing but organized power of one class for oppressing another."

"The intellectual is someone who uses the brain as a primary tool of production."

"Revolutions are impossible until the consciousness of the masses is transformed."

"The advancement of human knowledge becomes the source of all innovation."

"True freedom means the ability to determine the conditions of one's own existence."

"The transformation of the world is the transformation of consciousness itself."

"Material abundance creates the possibility for human flourishing and spiritual development."

"Without struggle, there can be no progress in human society."

"The creative power of humanity is limitless when freed from economic oppression."