"The abolition of private property is therefore by no means the result of an arbitrary act of will, but the necessary result of the development of the productive forces."

"The abolition of existing property relations is not at all a distinctive feature of communism."

"But the state is by no means a power forced on society from without; just as little is it 'the reality of the ethical idea', 'the image and reality of reason', as Hegel maintains. Rather, it is a prod…"

"Every step of real movement is more important than a dozen programmes."

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