"Communists scorn to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble a…"

"The development of large-scale industry has not only created the classes which are revolutionary, but has also created the means of their liberation."

"The beer was usually bad, the gin always terrible, and the company on intellectual topics was not stimulating."

"An ounce of action is worth a pound of theory."

"What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable."