Karl Marx (1818–1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist
Section 1, paragraph 18, lines 12-14.
The Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848)
“All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.”
— Karl Marx, book The Communist Manifesto
Source: The Communist Manifesto (1848), Section 1, paragraph 18, lines 12-14.
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