"Political power, properly so called, is merely the organised power of one class for oppressing another."

"May the devil take these peoples movements, especially when they are 'peaceful'."

"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!"

"The worker is the owner of his labour power, but he cannot sell it without selling himself."

"The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future."