Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and the soul of soul-less conditions. It is the opium of the people.

Quote by Karl Marx

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Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social...

Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social...

There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.

There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and...

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the...

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the...

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex

The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the...

The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the...

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within...

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within...

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in...

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in...

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the...

Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the...

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

Religion is the opium of the masses

Religion is the opium of the masses

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser

All that philosophers have done is interpret the world in different ways. It is our...

All that philosophers have done is interpret the world in different ways. It is our...

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

There is a history in all men's lives.

There is a history in all men's lives.

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...