Religion is the opium of the masses

Quote by Karl Marx

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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.

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.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

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.

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent...

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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 only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically...

It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically...

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

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

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

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

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

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.

The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is...

The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is...

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.

And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or...

And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or...