Full Idea
The executive of the modern State is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.
Clarification
The 'bourgeoisie' are the owners of the means of production
Gist of Idea
Modern governments are just bourgeois management committees
Source
K Marx / F Engels (The Communist Manifesto [1848], §1)
Book Reference
Marx,K./Engels,F.: 'The Communist Manifesto', ed/tr. Taylor,A.J.P. [Penguin 1973], p.82
A Reaction
In Britain the Labour Party and the Trade Unions have appeared since 1848, but bourgeoisie control of the media has pushed us a long way back towards Marx's time. Government will always be someone's management committee.