Karl Marx Quotes about Revolution

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Every provisional political set-up following a revolution requires a dictatorship, and an energetic dictatorship at that.

Every provisional political set-up following a revolution requires a dictatorship, and an energetic dictatorship at that.

Karl Marx

Political, Revolution, Dictatorship

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (1977). “Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works”, International Pub

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Karl Marx

Inspiration, Philosophical, Revolution

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Clemens Palme Dutt (1895). “The Class Struggles in France (1848-50)”

And as for the Jews, who since the emancipation of their sect have everywhere put themselves, at least in the person of their eminent representatives, at the head of the counter-revolution -- what awaits them?

Karl Marx

Revolution, Jew, Emancipation

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (1975). “Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: collected works”, Intl Pub

The social revolution...cannot draw its poetry from the past, but only from the future. It cannot begin with itself before it has stripped itself of all superstitions concerning the past.

Karl Marx

Past, Superstitions, Revolution

In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade.

Karl Marx

Historical, Gentleman, Revolution

Karl Marx, David McLellan (2000). “Karl Marx: Selected Writings”, p.296, Oxford University Press, USA