Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand. – Karl Marx
The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money. – 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
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. – Karl Marx
Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve his feelings, broadcasts his own running commentary on the preposterous and bewildering events of the hour: and this, nowadays, is what passes for conversation. – Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver, 1930s