Proletariat Quotes

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...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… — Karl Marx
Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. — Friedrich Engels
The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic. — Vladimir Lenin
What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable. — Karl Marx
Trade unionism is not socialism. It is the capitalism of the proletariat. — George Bernard Shaw
Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat. — Gene Kelly
As for slavery, there is no need for me to speak of its bad aspects. The only thing requiring explanation is the good side of… — Karl Marx
Penal law was not created by the common people, nor by the peasantry, nor by the proletariat, but entirely by the bourgeoisie as an important… — Michel Foucault
World dictatorship can be established only when the victory of socialism has been achieved in certain countries or groups of countries ... [and] when these… — Joseph Stalin
Social democracy.. is only the advance guard of the proletariat, a small piece of the total working masses; blood from their blood, and flesh from… — Rosa Luxemburg
The working classes in every country only learn to fight in the course of their struggles...Social democracy...is only the advance guard of the proletariat, a… — Rosa Luxemburg
A Marxist begins with his prime truth that all evils are caused by the exploitation of the proletariat by the capitalists. From this he logically… — Saul Alinsky
The working class is my home country, and my future is linked with the proletariat. — Andrei Platonov
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… — Friedrich Engels
When we sink, we become a revolutionary proletariat, the subordinate officers of all revolutionary parties; at the same time, when we rise, there rises also… — Theodor Herzl
Literature must become party literature. Down with unpartisan litterateurs! Down with the superman of literature! Literature must become a part of the general cause of… — Vladimir Lenin
My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and bloodâ€¦ Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any surrendered… — Che Guevara
The struggle for socialism is the struggle for proletarian (working class) democracy. Proletarian democracy is not the crown of socialism. Socialism is the result of… — C L R James
By Revolution, we mean the ultimate establishment of an order of society which may not be threatened by such breakdown, and in which the sovereignty… — Bhagat Singh
If a philosophy is to bring happiness it should be inspired by kindly feelings. Marx pretended that he wanted the happiness of the proletariat; what… — Bertrand Russell

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