G. A. Cohen Quotes
Gerald Allan Cohen was a Canadian-British political philosopher and the leading figure of the school of analytical Marxism. Born to a Communist Jewish family in Montreal, he studied at McGill and Oxford and held the chair of social and political theory at All Souls College, Oxford. The quotes below are attributed to G. A. Cohen, organized by topic.
G. A. Cohen on Justice
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Attributed to G. A. Cohen:
“From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs is still the right ideal.”
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Attributed to G. A. Cohen:
“Equality requires the absence of unjust inequalities, not the absence of all difference.”
G. A. Cohen on Politics
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Attributed to G. A. Cohen:
“Marx's theory of history can and should be defended in plain language.”
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Attributed to G. A. Cohen:
“Capitalism is incompatible with the community we owe one another.”
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Attributed to G. A. Cohen:
“The personal is political; the political is also personal.”