German philosopher, economist
and political militant
Quotations of Karl Marx
"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."
(Karl Marx / 1818-1883 / A Criticism of the Hegelian Philosophy of Law / 1844)
"The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The criticism of religion is therefore in embryo the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo."
(Karl Marx / 1818-1883 / A Criticism of the Hegelian Philosophy of Law / 1844)
"The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion."
(Karl Marx / 1818-1883)
"Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand."
(Karl Marx / 1818-1883)
"Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."
(Karl Marx / 1818-1883)
"Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity."
(Karl Marx / 1818-1883)
"History always repeats itself twice: first time as tragedy, second time as farce."
(Karl Marx / 1818-1883)
"Since only what is material is perceptible, knowable, nothing is known of the existence of God."
(Karl Marx / 1818-1883)
