The Slave Frees Himself When, Of All

All History Has Been A History Of Class Struggles, Of Struggles Between Exploited And Exploiting, Between Dominated And Dominating Classes At Various Stages Of Social Development.

All That Is Real In Human History Becomes Irrational In The Process Of Time.

Just As Darwin Discovered The Law Of Evolution In Organic Nature, So Marx Discovered The Law Of Evolution In Human History; He Discovered The Simple Fact, Hitherto Concealed By An Overgrowth Of Idealogy [sic], That Mankind Must First Of All Eat And Drink, Have Shelter And Clothing, Before It Can Pursue Politics, Science, Religion, Art Etc.

Freedom Does Not Consist In Any Dreamt-of Independence From Natural Laws, But In The Knowledge Of These Laws, And In The Possibility This Gives Of Systematically Making Them Work Towards Definite Ends.

Ireland Still Remains The Holy Isle Whose Aspirations Must On No Account Be Mixed With The Profane Class-struggles Of The Rest Of The Sinful World ... The Irish Peasant Must Not On Any Account Know That The Socialist Workers Are His Sole Allies In Europe.