"The state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democratic republic no less than in the monarchy."

"Religion is nothing but the fantastic reflection in men's minds of those external forces which control their daily life, a reflection in which earthly forces assume the form of supernatural forces."

"The first condition of all freedom is not to be a slave."

"It is no longer a question of whether the proletariat will seize power, but when."

"The development of modern industry has cut from under its feet the very ground on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products. What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its …"