Karl Marx
Philosopher, Economist
"The unity of the bourgeoisie can be shaken only by the unity of the proletariat."
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Proletariat
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George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, Critic
"Trade unionism is not socialism. It is the capitalism of the proletariat."
Joseph Stalin
Politician, Revolutionary
"Having consolidated its power, and taking the lead of the peasantry, the proletariat of the victorious country can and must build a socialist society."
Friedrich Engels
Philosopher, Political Theorist
"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."
Joseph Brodsky
Poet, Essayist
"I got caught up in the proletariat the way Marx describes it."
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"Yet the proletariat has not only a vanguard, but also a rearguard, and besides the proletariat there are the peasantry and the bureaucracy."
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