Karl Marx: Quotes & Facts

By Blago Kirov

This book is an anthology of quotes from Karl Marx and selected facts about Karl Marx.

“Accumulate, accumulate! This is Moses and the Prophets!”

“Democracy is the road to socialism.”

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

“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.”

“I am nothing but I must be everything.”

“Moments are the elements of profit”

“My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.”

“Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.”

“People make their own lives, but not necessarily under circumstances of their choosing.”

“Philosophers have tried to describe the world -- the point is to change it,”

“Question everything.”

“Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.”

“Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.”

“Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.”

“Surround yourself with people who make you happy.”

“The best thing for rich people to do is become Batman”

“The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blago Kirov
• Release date: Oct 27, 2016
• ISBN: 9788822859846

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Karl Marx: Quotes & Facts

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Copyright © 2016 by Blago Kirov

Foreword

All I know is that I am not a Marxist.

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This book is an anthology of quotes from Karl Marx and selected facts about Karl Marx. 

Accumulate, accumulate! This is Moses and the Prophets!

Democracy is the road to socialism.

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

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

I am nothing but I must be everything.

Moments are the elements of profit

My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

People make their own lives, but not necessarily under circumstances of their choosing.

Philosophers have tried to describe the world—the point is to change it,

Question everything.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.

Surround yourself with people who make you happy.

The best thing for rich people to do is become Batman

The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.

The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.

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

The tradition of past generations weighs like the Alps on the brains of the living.

To be radical is to go to the root of the matter. For man, however, the root is man himself.

Workers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains.

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, I do not hit, it hits all by itself.