The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.

Die Proletarier haben nichts in ihr zu verlieren als ihre Ketten.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Revolution Class conflict Oppression Politics

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 [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 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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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs!

Karl Marx

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Topic
Redistribution of wealth Socialism Communism Political theory Politics

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Karl Marx
Source
Critique of the Gotha Programme
Genre
Political literature Economic literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Kritik des Gothaer Programms [Critique of the Gotha Programme]. Berlin: Friedrich Engels, 1891, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. Critique of the Gotha Program, translated by Kevin B. Anderson. PM Press, 2022, pt. 1.

Another quote from the 1840s

Not a "gay science," I should say, like some we have heard of; no, a dreary, desolate, and, indeed, quite abject and distressing one: what we might call, by way of eminence, the dismal science.

Thomas Carlyle

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Economics

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Thomas Carlyle
Language
English
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
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Carlyle, Thomas [published anonymously]. "Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question." Fraser's Magazine, Dec. 1849.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "The Nigger Question." The Works of Thomas Carlyle, edited by Henry Duff Traill. Vol. 29, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Another quote about Revolution

Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Revolutionaries Revolution Political theory Politics

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Albert Camus
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The Rebel
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
French
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.

Another quote originally in German

Death is the side of life which is turned away from us.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Topic
Mystery of death Death

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Witold von Hulewicz. 13 Nov. 1925.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1910-1926, translated by Jane Bannard Greene and M. D. Herter Norton. W. W. Norton & Company, 1969.