Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, & the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

Quote by Karl Marx

Topics: Anti Religious Quotes

The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the...

The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the...

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if...

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if...

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

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...

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

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.

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...

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...

I am not a Marxist.

I am not a Marxist.

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

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 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...

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

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

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

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.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings...

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings...

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...

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.