The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nigh... - Karl Marx

"The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living."

Karl Marx History

Philosopher, Communist Theorist German 1818–1883

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"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it."

"Workers of the world, unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains."

"The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class."

"Religion is the opium of the people."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."