Karl Marx Quotes on Politics
Karl Marx was a 19th-century German philosopher, economist, historian, and revolutionary socialist whose work founded the tradition of thought that bears his name. This page collects quotes attributed to Karl Marx on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Karl Marx:
“Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains.”
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Attributed to Karl Marx:
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”
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Attributed to Karl Marx:
“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.”
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Attributed to Karl Marx:
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.”
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Attributed to Karl Marx:
“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.”
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Attributed to Karl Marx:
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.”
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Attributed to Karl Marx:
“Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please.”
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Attributed to Karl Marx:
“The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas.”
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Attributed to Karl Marx:
“Capital is dead labour, that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labour.”
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Attributed to Karl Marx:
“All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned.”