Money does not arise by convention, any more than the state does. It arises out of exchange, and arises naturally out of… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The capitalist knows that all commodities, however scurvy they may look, or however badly they may smell, are in faith and in… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Exchange value forms the substance of money, and exchange value is wealth. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Gold is now money with reference to all other commodities only because it was previously, with reference to them, a simple commodity. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“Such a crises occurs only where the ever-lengthening chain of payments, and an artificial system of settling them, has been fully developed.… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Christ represents originally: 1) men before God; 2) God for men; 3) men to man. Similarly, money represents originally, in accordance with… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Let us consider the actual, worldly Jew -- not the Sabbath Jew, as Bauer does, but the everyday Jew. ... What is… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
[T]he task of abolishing the essence of Jewry is in truth the task of abolishing Jewry in civil society, abolishing the inhumanity… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Although gold and silver are not by nature money, money is by nature gold and silver. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
He who before was the money owner, now strides in front as capitalist; the possessor of labor-power follows as his laborer. The… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Each piece of money is a mere coin, or means of circulation, only so long as it actually circulates. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“Economists have a singular method of procedure. There are only two kinds of institutions for them, artificial and natural. The institutions of feudalism are… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
As the variable capital always stays in the hands of the capitalist in some form or other, it cannot be claimed in any way… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
As a beast of toil an ox is fixed capital. If he is eaten, he no longer functions as an instrument of labour, nor… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Communism... is the genuine resolution of the antagonism between man and nature and between man and man; it is the true resolution of the… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“If you love without evoking love in return - if through the vital expression of yourself as a loving person you fail to become… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Do not be deluded by the abstract word Freedom. Whose freedom? Not the freedom of one individual in relation to another, but freedom of… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The burgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all nations into civilization. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image