Couple of quotes, again...

My Bob am I lazy.

Anyway, here's a couple of tasty quotes, arising from discussion in comments.

From the Manifesto...

All previous historical movements were movements of minorities, or in the interest of minorities. The proletarian movement is the self-conscious, independent movement of the immense majority, in the interest of the immense majority. The proletariat, the lowest stratum of our present society, cannot stir, cannot raise itself up, without the whole super incumbent strata of official society being sprung into the air...

And...

The Communists, therefore, are on the one hand practically, the most advanced and resolute section of the working-class parties of every country, that section which pushes forward all others; on the other hand, theoretically, they have over the great mass of the proletariat the advantage of clearly understanding the lines of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of the proletarian movement.

What could be a clearer and more revolutionary commitment to democracy and the emancipation of Labour, rather than its subordincation udner The Party?