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Page 196 - The liberty of man," he says in his Dieu et L'État, "consists solely in this, that he obey the laws of nature, because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been imposed upon him externally by any foreign will whatsoever, human or divine, collective or individual.
Page 181 - To shape this struggle of the working class into a conscious and united one, and to point out to it its inevitable goal, this is the task of the Social Democratic Party. " In all lands where the capitalistic method of production prevails, the interests of the working classes are alike. With the extension of the world commerce and of the production for the world market, the condition of the workmen of every single land always grows more dependent on the condition of the workmen in other lands.
Page 312 - It therefore aims at the reorganisation of society by the emancipation of Land and Industrial Capital from individual and class ownership, and the vesting of them in the community for the general benefit.
Page 107 - With me, on the contrary, the ideal is nothing else than the material world reflected by the human mind, and translated into forms of thought...
Page 9 - But in virtue of this law they demand the abolition of all the privileges of birth without exception, and consequently the destruction of INHERITANCE...
Page 311 - The abrogation of all laws that do not bear equally upon capital and labor...
Page 114 - These two great discoveries, the materialistic conception of history and the revelation of the secret of capitalistic production through surplus value, we owe to Marx. With these discoveries socialism became a science.
Page 312 - ... issued to any corporation for construction or operation of any means of transporting intelligence, passengers or freight. And while making the foregoing demands upon the State and National Government, we will endeavor to associate our own labors : XIX. To establish cooperative institutions, such as will tend to supersede the wage system, by the introduction of a cooperative industrial system.
Page 313 - The Society accordingly works for the extinction of private property in land and of the consequent individual appropriation in the form of rent, of the price paid for permission to use the earth, as well as for the advantages of superior soils and sites. "The Society, further, works for the transfer to the community of the administration of such industrial capital as can be conveniently managed socially.
Page 184 - Prohibition of night work, except for such branches of industry as, in accordance with their nature, require night work, for technical reasons, or reasons of public welfare. (d) An uninterrupted rest of at least thirty-six hours in every week for every worker. (e) Prohibition of the truck system. 2. Inspection of all industrial businesses, investigation and regulation of labor relations in town and country by an Imperial Department of Labor, district labor departments, and chambers of labor.