Comparison Quote by Erich Fromm

The problem is that many who reject Marx do not read him, or read him only by bringing prejudices to their reading that prevent…

— Allen W. Wood

In fact, there are very important writings of Marx which are not even translated into English.

— Erich Fromm

I never read Karl Marx.

— Jean-Luc Godard

And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has…

— Albert Maltz

“The obvious differences apart, Karl Marx was no more a reliable prophet than was the Reverend Jim Jones. Karl Marx was a genius, an…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

“Think how much less stupefying the last fifty years might have been if people had actually read Marx.”

— Marilynne Robinson

We totally misunderstand both his aims and his contribution if we try to read into Marx some anticipation of either the modest successes or…

— Allen W. Wood

I think a lot of Marx was quite sloppy. There was all sorts of politically aggressive language when he lacked arguments for things.

— Robert Nozick

The first time I read Marx, all I knew was he had given rise to this [Soviet] system that was supposed to be more…

— Joe Weisberg

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.

— Eric Hoffer

I actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways; in particular, my perception of the relationship…

— Tony Blair

“One cannot do justice to Marx without recognizing his sincerity. His open-mindedness, his sense of facts, his distrust of verbiage, and especially of moralizing…

— Karl R. Popper