History is not, as it were, a person apart, using man as a means to achieve its own aims; history is nothing but the activity of man pursuing his aims.

Karl Marx

The Holy Family

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History

Author

Karl Marx

Source

The Holy Family

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Revolutionary Philosopher Economist

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Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Die heilige Familie [The Holy Family]. Frankfurt: J. Ru˜tten, 1845.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. "The Holy Family." Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Vol. 4, International Publishers, 1975.

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A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Communism

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Karl Marx
Source
The Communist Manifesto
Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
Political literature Economic literature
Language
German
Time
1848 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote from the 1840s

To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand; it is the cruelest trial reserved for self-devotion; it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of man; and if God could suffer, it would be the wound we should be forever inflicting upon Him. He also-He above all-is the great misunderstood, the least comprehended.

Henri-Frederic Amiel

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Alienation

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Henri-Frederic Amiel
Source
Journals of Henri Frederic Amiel
Medium
Personal journal
Language
French
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
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Citation

Amiel, Henri-Frederic. Journal entry. 27 May 1849.

Another quote about History

History is written by the winners.

George Orwell

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History

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George Orwell
Source
As I Please Tribune
Medium
Article Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 3: As I Please 1943-1945, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2004, no 18.

Another quote originally in German

Once we have power, we shall never again give it up, unless we are carried out as corpses from our offices.

Paul Joseph Goebbels

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Nazi Germany

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Paul Joseph Goebbels
Medium
Personal journal
Language
German
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Goebbels, Joseph. Diary entry. 6 Aug. 1932.