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Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, politician, economist, and revolutionary, co-founder of communist theory with Karl Marx. He was born on November 28, 1820, and died on August 5, 1895.

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“Naturally, the workers are perfectly free; the manufacturer does not force them to take his materials and his cards, but he says to them..'If you don't like to be frizzled in my frying- pan, you can take a walk into the fire.”

Ifs Doe Force Walks Fire Materials Workers Cards Frying Frying Pans

Author:Friedrich Engels

“If in all ideology men and their circumstances appear upside-down as in a camera obscura, this phenomenon arises just as much from their historical life-process as the inversion of objects on the retina does from the physical life-process.”

Ifs Men Doe Process Objects Circumstances Cameras Historical Arise Ideology Phenomenon Upside Down Inversions Camera Obscura

Book:The German Ideology

Source: The German Ideology

“If there were no Frenchwomen, life wouldn't be worth living.”

Ifs Worth Living Perfect Woman

Book:Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works

Source: Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works

“By the same right under which France took Flanders, Lorraine and Alsace, and will sooner or later take Belgium — by that same right Germany takes over Schleswig; it is the right of civilisation as against barbarism, of progress as against stability.”

Ifs Progress Evolution Civilization Weight Historical Favors France Germany Agreement Carrie Stability Sooner Or Later Doubtful Barbarism Belgium Denmark Flanders Lorraine

Author:Friedrich Engels

“No nation can be free if it oppresses other nations.”

Ifs Nations

Book:On Scientific Communism

Source: On Scientific Communism

About the Author

Born: November 28, 1820
Died: August 5, 1895
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Quotes: 80

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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the StateRelated source material

On ReligionRelated source material

Socialism: Utopian and ScientificRelated source material

The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political DocumentRelated source material

Anti-Dühring: Herr Eugen Dühring’s Revolution in ScienceRelated source material

Basic writings on politics and philosophyRelated source material

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: selected correspondence, 1846-1895Related source material

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: selected correspondence, 1846-1895: with explanatory notesRelated source material

Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected WorksRelated source material

Selected works [of] Karl Marx and Frederick EngelsRelated source material

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