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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Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

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...

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.

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...

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under...

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under...

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all...

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all...

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

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 more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does...

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does...

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 opium of the masses.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

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

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

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 philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

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,...

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...

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 product of mental labor - science - always stands far below its value, because...

The product of mental labor - science - always stands far below its value, because...

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...