Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world…it is the… — Karl Marx

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world…it is the opium of the people.

In the original German

Die Religion ist der Seufzer der bedrängten Kreatur, das Gemüth einer herzlosen Welt…sie ist das Opium des Volks.

Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right · 1883
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Marx, Karl. A Critique of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right". Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Marx, Karl. Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtspilosophie [On the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law]. Frankfurt, 1927.

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