Karl Marx

“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”

“In this sense the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: abolition of private property.”

“Free education for all children in public schools.”