Friedrich Engels — German Philosopher born on November 28, 1820, died on August 05, 1895

Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, social scientist and journalist, who founded Marxist theory together with Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research in Manchester... (wikipedia)

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.
The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.
From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.
The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.