Karl Marx

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people.

The philosophers have already perceived the world in various ways; the point is to change it.

Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.

It is not the consciousness of men that determines their beeing, but on the contrary, it is their social being that determines their consciousness.

From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.

Workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains.

Tradition weighs like a nightmare on the minds of the living.

The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.

Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

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

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

Last words are for people who haven't said anything in life.

The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living.

Every act and event is the inevitable result of prior acts and events and is independent of human will.

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex.

The more man puts into God, the less he retains in himself. The worker puts his life into the object; but now his life no longer belongs to him, but to the object.