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Karl Marx: 10 great quotes on his birthday

May 5 marks the birthday of Karl Marx, who provided intellectual foundation for an array of regimes that at one time governed nearly half of Earth's population.

4. On worker protections

Alex Ibanez/Chilean Presidential Press Office/AP
In 2010, Luis Urzua, the last of 33 Chilean gold and copper miners to be rescued after being trapped for more than two months underground, gestures as Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, looks on.

  • By Eoin O'Carroll Staff

"Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society." (From "Capital")

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