From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs!

Jeder nach seinen Fähigkeiten, jedem nach seinen Bedürfnissen!

Karl Marx

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Topic

Redistribution of wealth Socialism Communism Political theory Politics

Author

Karl Marx

Source

Critique of the Gotha Programme

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

German

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Revolutionary Philosopher Economist

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Kritik des Gothaer Programms [Critique of the Gotha Programme]. Berlin: Friedrich Engels, 1891, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. Critique of the Gotha Program, translated by Kevin B. Anderson. PM Press, 2022, pt. 1.

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Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.

Karl Marx

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

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Topic
History repeating itself History

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Karl Marx
Source
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Medium
Essay
Genre
Historical literature Political literature
Language
German
Time
1852 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl. "Der 18te Brumaire des Louis Napoleon [The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon]." Die Revolution [The Revolution], 1852.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon." The Political Writings, edited by David Fernbach. Verso, 2019.

Another quote from the 1880s

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

Lord Acton

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Topic
Abuse of power Power Great men Corruption
Speaker
Lord Acton
Source
Letters of Lord Acton
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1887 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Lord Acton. Letter to Archbishop Mandell Creighton. 5 Apr. 1887.

Another quote about Political theory

Every project has been found to be no better than committing the lamb to the custody of the wolf, except that one which is called a balance of power.

John Adams

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Topic
Constitutional theory Political theory

Author

John Adams
Source
Letters of John Adams
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1789 1780s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Adams, John. Letter to Roger Sherman. 17 July 1789.

Current Citation

Adams, John. "Correspondence with Roger Sherman and John Taylor." The Portable John Adams. Penguin Classics, 2004.

Another quote originally in German

One must have chaos inside oneself to give birth to a dancing star.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Topic
Inner turmoil Genius Creativity

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1883, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 1.

Another quote of the following type Precepts and axioms

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.

The Talmud

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Moral theory
Source
The Talmud
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Hebrew
Time
200 200s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Talmud. Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:9:1.

Current Citation

The Talmud: A Selection, translated by Norman Solomon. Penguin Classics, 2009, Fourth Order Neziqin, Fourth Tractate Sanhedrin (The Court) 4:9:1.