There is no greater stupidity than for people...to marry and so surrender themselves to the small miseries of domestic and private life.

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The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

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If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded.

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We know that violent measures against religion are nonsense; but this is an opinion: as socialism grows, religion will disappear. Its disappearance must be done by social development, in which education must play a part.

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

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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

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Democracy is the road to socialism.

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The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

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Taxes are the source of life for the bureaucracy, the army and the court, in short, for the whole apparatus of the executive power. Strong government and heavy taxes are identical.

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Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.

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