In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end.

Mit dem Gegensatz der Klassen im Innern der Nation fällt die feindliche Stellung der Nationen gegeneinander.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Class conflict End of war Political theory

Author

Karl Marx

Source

The Communist Manifesto

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

German

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Revolutionary Philosopher Economist

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Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London, 1848, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and edited by Gareth Stedman Jones. Penguin Classics, 2015, pt. 2.

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

Karl Marx

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Topic
Redistribution of wealth Socialism Communism Political theory Politics

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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
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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.

Another quote from the 1840s

God is stupidity and cowardice; God is hypocrisy and falsehood. God is tyranny and poverty; God is evil. For as long as men bow before altars, mankind will remain damned, the slaves of kings and priests.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

The System of Economic Contradictions

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Nature of God God

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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The System of Economic Contradictions
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
French
Time
1846 1840s 19th century
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Citation

Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph. Systeme des contradictions economiques ou Philosophie de la misere [The System of Economic Contractictions, or Philosophy of Misery]. Paris: Chez Guilla umin et Cie, 1846, ch. 8.

Another quote about Political theory

You know as well as we do that right, as the word goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

Thucydides

History of the Peloponnesian War

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Justice Power relations Political theory

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Thucydides
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History of the Peloponnesian War
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Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
404 BC 400s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.

Another quote originally in German

Our destiny rules over us, even when we are not yet aware of it; it is the future that makes laws for our to-day.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Human, All Too Human

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Fate Destiny

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Human, All Too Human
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1878 1870s 19th century
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Menschliches, Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister [Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeizner, 1878, preface.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, translated by Marion Faber and Stephen Lehmann. University of Nebraska Press, 1984, preface.

Another quote of the following type Prophecies and predictions

If you build it, he will come.

Shoeless Joe Jackson

Field of Dreams

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Taking risks
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Shoeless Joe Jackson
Actor
Ray Liotta
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Field of Dreams
Medium
Film
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Sports (film) Drama (film) Sports Drama
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Field of Dreams. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson, Gordon Company, 1989.