Communism Quote by Eugene Ionesco

Marx set out to resolve the contradictions and to correct the errors in classical political economy. In this he thought he had succeeded very…

— David Harvey

“In each case the individuals made history-although,to adapt the thought of Karl Marx,not under circumstances of their choosing”

— Ian Kershaw

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

Marx, as we have seen, solved it by declaring capital to be a different thing from product, and maintaining that it belonged to society…

— Benjamin Tucker

Marx profoundly affected those who did not accept his system. His influence extended to those who least supposed they were subject to it.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Karl Marx was right, socialism works, it is just that he had the wrong species

— Anonymous

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

“...Marx was constrained to think within a horizon torn between the aleatory of the Encounter and the necessity of the Revolution.”

— Louis Althusser

For one who has read the works of Marx it is frightening to look back at the grim determination with which so many nations…

— Robert Heilbroner

“Marx - like everyone else - did reject certain ideas of human nature; but he also regarded some as being true. It is important…

— Norman Geras

“While it is absurd to blame Marx for something he did not foresee and certainly would have condemned if he had foreseen it, the…

— Peter Singer

It is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done…

— Tony Benn