The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. ― Karl Marx

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A heavy or progressive or graduated income tax is necessary for the proper development of Communism.

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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. ― Karl Marx

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I am a machine condemned to devour books. ― Karl Marx

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Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form. ― Karl Marx

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The Jews of Poland are the smeariest of all races.

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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

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The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

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Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.

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Labor in the white skin can never free itself as long as labor in the black skin is branded. ― Karl Marx

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