"The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a consid…"

"Only the proletariat, due to its position in society, can bring about a truly revolutionary transformation."

"It is not enough to abolish the existing relations of property, but rather to revolutionize them, to abolish the old relations of production in general, and with them the old conditions of society."

"The demand for the abolition of private property is nothing but the expression of the revolutionary spirit of the proletariat."

"From the first moment of their historical appearance, the working class has demanded the abolition of wage labour."