There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery

Change the economic base and you will change human beings.

The existence of the state is inseparable from the existence of slavery.

I wish to avenge myself against the One who rules above.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

The Jews of Poland are the smeariest of all races.

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.

Follow your own path, no matter what people say.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.

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

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

Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded.

Communism begins where atheism begins.