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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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 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.

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 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...

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

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,...

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...

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not...

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not...

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...

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image...

The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

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.

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....