Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand

Quote by Karl Marx

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

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

Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one

Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he...

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he...

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois...

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois...

From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need

From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired...

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired...

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

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 ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It...

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It...

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write,...

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write,...

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.

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.

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose...

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose...

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the...

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the...

I am not a Marxist.

I am not a Marxist.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.