History Quote by Theodore White

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

— Ian Kershaw

As a forecaster, Marx shared the common destiny of all prophets: to be belied by events.

— Gunnar Myrdal

In general, the nightmare quality of Marx's thought gives it, in this bedevilled age, an air of greater reality than the gentle complacency of…

— Joan Robinson

The most compelling confirmation of Marx's theory of history is late capitalist society. There is a sense in which this case is becoming truer…

— Terry Eagleton

“Socialism, which was very up to date a hundred years ago, failed to keep up with the new technology. [...] If Marx came back…

— Yuval Noah Harari

In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a…

— Stephen Bayley

“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

“The arguments underlying Marx’s historical prophecy are invalid. His ingenious attempt to draw prophetic conclusions from observations of contemporary economic tendencies failed. The reason…

— Karl R. Popper

“Marxism was a simple substitute for Christianity. Replace God with Marx, Satan with the bourgeoisie, Heaven with a classless society, the Church with the…

— Arundhati Roy

The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.

— Hannah Arendt

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

— Marilynne Robinson

Marx was wrong; jealousy and pride, emotional forces, are just as responsible as hunger and necessity for our actions; they explain the whole of…

— Eugene Ionesco