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Communism is the riddle of history solved, and it knows itself to be this solution.

Karl Marx

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.
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Female Measure Position Progress Sex Social
The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Age Class Ideas Rule
Taxes are the source of life for the bureaucracy, the army and the court, in short, for the whole apparatus of the executive power. Strong government and heavy taxes are identical.
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Apparatus Army Court Executive Government Identity Tax
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness.
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Demand Happiness People Religion
A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.
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Analysis Appearance Commodity Extreme Obvious Physical Strange
Every opinion based on scientific criticism I welcome.
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Criticism Opinion Science Welcome
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!
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Chain Class Community Country Lose Revolution Rule United Win World
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
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Consicious Freedom Necessary
Religion is only the illusory Sun which revolves around man as long as he does not revolve around himself.
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Himself Illusion Man Religion Revolve Sun
The foundation of irreligious criticism is: Man makes religion, religion does not make man.
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Criticism Foundation Man Religion
Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole.
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Accumulation Brutal Ignorance Misery Opposite Pole Slave Time Wealth
Perseus wore a magic cap down over his eyes and ears as a make-believe that there are no monsters.
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Believe Cap Ears Eyes Magic Monster
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
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History Repeat Tragedy
Democracy is the road to socialism.
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Democracy One Liner Road Social
Communism is the riddle of history solved, and it knows itself to be this solution.
KARL MARX

Community History Riddle Solution
The demand to give up the illusions about its condition is the demand to give up a condition that needs illusions.
KARL MARX

Condition Demand Illusion Need

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