Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor. – Karl Marx
History does nothing it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. – Karl Marx
A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties. – Karl Marx
It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving – as if it were an individual person – its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends. – Karl Marx