Friedrich Engels:

Communists scorn to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!

— Friedrich Engels Modern

Communist Manifesto co-author

Context

The Communist Manifesto

Date / Period

1848

Source

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch04.htm

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