"Freedom does not consist in any dreamt-of independence from natural laws, but in the knowledge of these laws, and in the possibility, therefore, of putting them to work purposefully for definite ends."

"The more you develop, the more you discover that you are not an individual but merely a part of a collective."

"The emancipation of women will only be possible when woman can take part in production on a large, social scale, and domestic work no longer confines her to a private sphere."

"Only in the community with others has each individual the means of cultivating his gifts in all directions; only in the community, therefore, is personal freedom possible."

"The development of modern industry has cut from under its feet the very ground on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products. What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its …"