Karl Marx quote: Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit ...

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.

~ Karl Marx ~

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