Friedrich Engels Quotes

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.
Friedrich Engels

Nothing, Another, Less

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.
Friedrich Engels

Freedom, Necessity

From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.
Friedrich Engels

Greed, Spirit, Driving

All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development.
Friedrich Engels

History, Between, Social

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Friedrich Engels

State, Crime, Laws

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.
Friedrich Engels

Everything, Give, Before

Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
Friedrich Engels

The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist.
Friedrich Engels

Freedom, Down, Speak

The state is not abolished, it withers away.
Friedrich Engels

Away, State, Withers

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Philosopher

Born: November 28, 1820

Died: August 5, 1895

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