1. “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”
2. “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.”
3. “Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains.”
4. “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.”
5. “The emancipation of the working class must be the work of the working class itself.”
6. “Religion is the opium of the people.”
7. “Communism is for us not a state of affairs which is to be established, an ideal to which reality [will] have to adjust itself. We call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things.”
8. “The theory of Communism is the theory of the liberation of the proletariat.”
9. “The first step in the revolution by the working class is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle of democracy.”
10. “The Communist revolution is the most radical rupture with traditional property relations; no wonder that its development involves the most radical rupture with traditional ideas.”
11. “The bourgeoisie, historically, has played a most revolutionary part.”
12. “The modern bourgeoisie is itself the product of a long course of development, of a series of revolutions in the modes of production and of exchange.”
13. “The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations.”
14. “It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his natural superiors, and has left no other bond between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous cash payment.”
15. “It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation.”
16. “It has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom—Free Trade.”
17. “In one word, for exploitation, veiled by religious and political illusions, it has substituted naked, shameless, direct, brutal exploitation.”
18. “The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage labourers.”
19. “The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation.”
20. “The bourgeoisie has disclosed how it came to pass that the brutal display of vigour in the Middle Ages, which reactionaries so much admire, found its fitting complement in the most slothful indolence.”
21. “It has resolved personal dignity into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom—Free Trade.”
22. “The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage labourers.”
23. “The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation.”
24. “The bourgeoisie has disclosed how it came to pass that the brutal display of vigour in the Middle Ages, which reactionaries so much admire, found its fitting complement in the most slothful indolence.”
25. “It has resolved personal dignity into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom—Free Trade.”
26. “The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage labourers.”
27. “The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation.”
28. “The bourgeoisie has disclosed how it came to pass that the brutal display of vigour in the Middle Ages, which reactionaries so much admire, found its fitting complement in the most slothful indolence.”
29. “It has resolved personal dignity into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom—Free Trade.”
30. “The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of