Karl Marx History Quotes

What did Karl Marx say about History?

Karl Marx has written many quotes about History. E.g.,

• Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
• History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
• History does nothing it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

What are the top most famous History quotes by Karl Marx?

Here are the top most famous quotes about History by Karl Marx.

• Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
• History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
• History does nothing it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
• It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.
• The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
• Revolutions are the locomotives of history.
• The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.