Society and the World

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.

The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.

A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism.

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

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

The class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat.

The class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Hegel says somewhere that all great events and personalities in world history reappear in one fashion or another. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

Religion is … the opium of the people.

Is it not passing brave to be a king,

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.

Thus methinks should men of judgement frame

I count religion but a childish toy,

I shot the sheriff

Get up, stand up

Get up, stand up

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.

I have dedicated my life to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and to see realized. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.