The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.

Die Geschichte aller bisherigen Gesellschaft ist die Geschichte von Klassenkämpfen.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Class conflict Oppression History

Author

Karl Marx

Source

The Communist Manifesto

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Language

German

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Revolutionary Philosopher Economist

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei. [The Communist Manifesto]. 1848.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto. Translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

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Another quote by Karl Marx

A spectre is haunting Europe-the spectre of Communism.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Communism

Author

Karl Marx
Source
The Communist Manifesto
Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
Political literature Economic literature
Language
German
Time
1848 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei. [The Communist Manifesto]. 1848.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto. Translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote from the 1840s

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!

Soren Kierkegaard

Either Or

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Possibility Anticipation Imagination

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Soren Kierkegaard
Source
Either Or
Language
Danish
Time
1843 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Enten-Eller [Either/Or]. Volume 1. 1843.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Either/Or: A Fragment of Life. Translated by Alistair Hanny. Penguin, 1992, pt. 1.

Another quote about History

The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

Thomas Carlyle

On Heroes

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Great man theory of history History

Author

Thomas Carlyle
Source
On Heroes
Language
English
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
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Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "The Hero as Divinity." 5 May 1840. London, England, UK. Lecture.

Another quote originally in German

Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.

Friedrich Schiller

The Maid of Orleans

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Stupidity
Speaker
Talbot

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Source
The Maid of Orleans
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play) Tragedy
Language
German
Time
1801 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. Die Jungfrau von Orleans [The Maid of Orleans]. 11 Sept 1801, Leipzig, Germany, act 3, sc. 6.