Karl Marx


Quotes by This Author


“the first step in the revolution by the working class is to raise the proletariat [lowest social or economic class] to the position of ruling class, to win the battle of democracy.” For what purpose? To “abolish private property”; to “wrest, by degrees, capital from the bourgeoisie [middle class]”; to “centralize all instruments of production in the hands of the State” (Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto)

“In this sense the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: abolition of private property.” (Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto)

“Free education for all children in public schools.” (Karl Marx, 10th plank Communist Manifesto)