Marx, Karl Heinrich

German economist and Communist political philosopher

co-wrote "The Communist Manifesto" 1848, wrote 3-volume "Das Kapital" (also "Capital")

founded and led First International 1864-1875

father of modern Communism

• "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."
• "Misery motivates, not utopia."
• "Religion is the opium of the masses."
• "From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need."
• "From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need."